Maryland Language Access (2025)
Fair Elections Center supports Maryland HB983, which would widen the tent to cover more language-minority communities.
John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (2024)
Statement in support of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act which will restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act, repairing damage done by the Supreme Court and modernizing the most successful civil rights law in history.
Maryland Language Access (2024)
Testimony in support of Maryland House Bill 563 which aims to widen the tent to cover more language-minority communities: HB 563 would lower the translation threshold for election materials from 5% to 2% (with at least 100 individuals) of the voting age population in a county or less than 2% but with at least 4,000 individuals. HB 563 also would correct for a gap in the federal language assistance coverage formula by not limiting its coverage to only the few language-minority groups identified in the Voting Rights Act coverage formula (American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives, or of Spanish heritage). (2024)
Preventing Racial Discrimination in Virginia
Testimony in Support of Virginia HB 1890, Which Would Require Preclearance Prior to Implementation of Certain Covered Election-related Practices to Prevent Implementation of Racially Discriminatory Policies (2021)
