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The federal policy work by the Southern Poverty Law Center includes administrative and legislative advocacy aimed at improving the lives of people in the South in the area of expanding voting rights and civic engagement. Below are letters, comments, testimony, reports and other SPLC Action Fund resources:

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LETTERS

Letter Supporting $1.625B in Federal Funding for Election Administration in FY25 appropriations (May 1, 2024)
Letter to Representatives Opposing H.R. 4664 – FY24 FSGG Appropriations Bill (Nov. 7, 2023)
Letter to Appropriators in Support of Funding for State and Local Election Administration (Oct. 6, 2023)

REPORTS

Report: A Decade-Long Erosion: The Impact of the Shelby County Decision (June 25, 2023)
Coalition Progress Report Evaluating Federal Action to Protect Voting (March 2023)
Report: Selma, Shelby County, & Beyond Alabama’s Unyielding Record Of Racial Discrimination In Voting (Aug. 2021)
Report: Fight For Representation: Louisiana’s Pervasive Record Of Racial Discrimination In Voting (Aug. 2021)
Report: Freedom Summer, Shelby County, & Beyond: Mississippi’s Continued Record Of Racial Discrimination In Voting (Aug. 2021)
Report: Overcoming the Unprecedented: Southern Voters’ Battle Against Voter Suppression, Intimidation, and a Virus (March 2021)
Report: Alive and Well: Voter Suppression and Election Mismanagement in Alabama (Feb. 10, 2020)

STATEMENTS & TESTIMONIES

Statement for the record on Voter Registration at Federal Agencies submitted to House Small Business Committee (June 2024)
Statement Submitted for the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Protecting Voting Rights in America (March 2024)
Statement for the record Senate Rules Committee on Election Administration Needs (March 30, 2023)