voting rights
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Lucinda Cross, founder and CEO of the nonprofit organization Activate Your Life, is making significant strides in ensuring that formerly incarcerated individuals understand and exercise their voting rights. Since establishing her nonprofit in 2015, Cross has focused on assisting formerly incarcerated women and youth aged 18 to 24 in reintegrating into society. A key aspect…
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A federal panel of three judges has mandated that the Mississippi Legislature establish additional Black-majority House and Senate districts following a lawsuit alleging the dilution of Black voting power. The ruling, delivered on July 2, sided with the Mississippi Conference of the NAACP and Black voters, who contended that the 2022 district maps were designed…
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The Texas Second Court of Appeals has made a significant ruling, overturning the conviction of Crystal Mason for illegal voting during the 2016 election. Mason, who was previously sentenced to five years in prison, was acquitted of the felony voting charge by the Tarrant County-based court. This decision marks a pivotal moment in a legal…
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The NAACP Legal Defense Fund, along with a private Alabama law firm, Quinn, Connor, Weaver, Davis & Rouco, has filed a lawsuit against the town of Newbern, Alabama, alleging decades-long violations of residents’ voting rights. The lawsuit targets the town’s former mayor, Haywood “Woody” Stokes, and the all-white council board for allegedly manipulating the political…
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