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The Supreme Court today turned back a constitutional challenge to spending limits for student government campaigns at the University of Montana, denying review of a June 2007 ruling by the Ninth Circuit that upheld the limits. The Supreme Court's action is a victory for the Associated Students of the University of Montana ("ASUM") and the University, which argued that the limits on campaign spending serve to assure all students, regardless of their financial circumstances, an equal opportunity to win election to student government.

Latino-led organizations and voting rights groups are fighting until the unconstitutional portions of SB 7050 are struck down and everyone can exercise their constitutional right to vote.

Our environment, healthcare, and labor protections are in the far-right's crosshairs.

Private citizens must retain the right to challenge anti-voter laws

The legacy of Black voter empowerment continues from historic trailblazers like Ida B. Wells-Barnett through to contemporary grassroots organizers like BLOC and Detroit Action.

Black History Month is an opportunity to look to our past for lessons on our future path to justice, economic security and stronger democracy everyone deserves.  

New York — The United States Census practice of counting prisoners in their districts of incarceration rather than their home districts for the purpose of establishing electoral and Congressional representation is a violation of international treaty. This month, the non-partisan public policy and advocacy centers Demos and the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) submitted their analysis to the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneva.

The Administration has an opportunity to eliminate barriers to the ballot box and empower millions in historically excluded communities

Federal court rules in favor of voting and immigrants' rights advocates challenging Florida's SB7050

This women’s history month, we celebrate Acting Secretary Julie Su’s leadership and call on the Senate to stop this egregious delay and confirm her as nominee.

Civil Rights and Latinx-led organizations are challenging a provision in SB 7050 that prohibits noncitizens from collecting or handling voter registration forms

The Ohio legislature created a wholly avoidable, overly complicated situation that makes Ohioans jump through hoops to vote. Ohio voters: we want to hear about your experience.

A unique set of injustices confront workers still heading off to a job every day in the midst of a pandemic. 

“The collective trauma of this pandemic is exposing the sheer depth of inequality in this country and the consequences that has always presented for Black and brown communities. We hope that Florida election officials will stand on the right side of history..."