Voting Rights

A Montgomery nonprofit is set to unveil a new mural in the city on Sunday related to Civil and Voter rights events. The ACLU of Alabama will also hold a voter engagement rally as part of its campaign to get more Alabamians registered to cast a ballot.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met Tuesday, Sept. 10 in their first and perhaps only debate before the presidential election, debating on abortion, immigration and American democracy. The ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that declared frozen embryos are children was also a talking point for both candidates.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit over the effective date of a new Alabama law that expands the list of felonies that would cause a person to lose their voting rights.

Alabama says a new state law expanding the list of felonies that cause a person to lose their right to vote won't be enforced until after the November election and asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit over the effective date.

Mobile’s Mardi Gras Park was awash in red, white, and blue as the non-profit groups “Alabama Forward,” “Shake The Field,” “Transform Alabama” and others held a get-out-the-vote event ahead of the November election. The rally called “Democracy: Now Or Never,” came as Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly held one on interviews with the front runners to be her running mate against Donald Trump and J.D. Vance.

A voting rights group says a new Alabama law that expanded the list of felonies that cause a person to lose their right to vote is “out of step” with what is happening in most of the nation on voting rights.

A coalition of civil rights, voting rights and disability rights organizations are suing Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, Alabama’s 42 District Attorneys and Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen to block Alabama’s recently enacted law that bans paid assistance with absentee ballot applications.

The ACLU of Alabama is one of two Alabama-based organizations receiving funds from MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving challenge this week. Scott awarded the ACLU of Alabama $2 million. The nonprofit based in Mongomery will utilize this gift to support its core priority areas, including Voting Rights, Gender Justice and Criminal Legal Reform.

On Friday, March 1, Black Voters Matter will hold a press conference on the Montgomery Alabama State University campus discussing the critical state of voting rights. This comes ahead of a U.S. Senate hearing on what BVM calls modern-day voting discrimination.

An Alabama nonprofit has unveiled an agenda calling for policy changes in the state. Alabama Arise works to improve the lives of Alabamians who are marginalized by poverty. The organization’s 2024 Roadmap for Change contains seven legislative changes that its policy workers will focus on next year.