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As extreme weather intensifies, inadequate protections put fundamental right to vote at risk MONTGOMERY, Ala. —  As the Deep South experiences its second consecutive year of deadly winter storms, a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (Ů�Ÿ�������) warns that increasingly frequent and unpredictable natural disasters pose a critical and largely unaddressed threat to voting…

Opponents say that passing any version of the SAVE America Act will disenfranchise millions of voters MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (Ů�Ÿ�������) condemns the passage of the SAVE America Act by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Ů�Ÿ������� urges the Senate to reject this bill in its entirety. Last year, the Safeguard…

Plaintiffs say current map ignores inside the Beltway communities WASHINGTON— Following a lawsuit, the Southern Poverty Law Center (Ů�Ÿ�������) is disappointed in the U.S. District Court’s decision to uphold the 2021 Prince George’s County Council redistricting plan. Alongside Gallagher, LLP, Ů�Ÿ������� filed the lawsuit Cokely, et al. v. Honesty-Bey last year on behalf of County…

Plaintiffs say new Florida law creates barriers to keep grassroots campaigners off the ballot Tallahassee, Fla. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (Ů�Ÿ�������) heads to U.S. federal court on Monday, Feb. 9, to prevent enforcement of a law that infringes upon the constitutional rights of ballot initiative sponsors, petition circulators and voters. The Ů�Ÿ������� filed…

ATLANTA — The Southern Poverty Law Center (Ů�Ÿ�������) is concerned about the Jan. 28, 2026, FBI raid of the Fulton County election center in Georgia, which was allegedly conducted to obtain 2020 election data.   “We are deeply troubled by the execution of a sealed search warrant at a Fulton County election facility in Union City, Georgia,” said Derwyn Bunton, chief legal officer, Ů�Ÿ�������. “This is the latest attempt by the Trump administration to…