Sue. And Build. Our New Year’s commitment is simple: sue—early and often—and build.There’s a hockey lesson that captures our approach: if you skate to where the puck is, you miss it. You have to anticipate where it’s going. That kind of forward-looking...
Voting Rights Groups Demand That Massachusetts Public Hospitals Help Patients Register To Vote, As Required By Federal Law *** Upcoming webinar scheduled for December 9, 2025 at noon. Free registration is available here *** Lawyers for Civil Rights has sent a demand letter to Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, Massachusetts’ chief elections...
Statement from Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, the Executive Director of Lawyers for Civil Rights, a legal organization in Boston providing free legal support to people of color, immigrants, and low-income people: At Lawyers for Civil Rights, our commitment to advancing civil rights remains unshaken. As a non-profit, non-partisan organization, our...
As Election Protection volunteers identified on Election Day, multiple polling places in Boston—including Hyde Park and Roslindale—completely ran out of ballots. This colossal planning failure on the part of the Secretary of State’s Office, which is responsible for overseeing elections in Massachusetts, resulted in significant disenfranchisement,...
Protecting our Democracy in Countdown to Election Day With just days to go until Election Day 2024, Lawyers for Civil Rights is mobilizing the full force of our New England legal network to protect our democracy, monitor the polls, stand up to voter suppression, and ensure access to the ballot box for all voters. Our Election Protection program is...
Denouncing Racism and Misogyny in Runup to Election Day Non-Partisan Election Protection Volunteers in Place to Protect Our Democracy Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) is committed to preventing discriminatory practices from impacting the integrity of our elections. As discriminatory rhetoric and tactics are escalating across the political...
Lawyers for Civil Rights Protects the Right to Vote Across New England “Election Protection” Efforts Underway Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) is spearheading non-partisan Election Protection efforts in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Together with our community partners, we are ensuring that all eligible voters have the...
Lawyers for Civil Rights is raising concerns to the Democratic State Committee and Republican State Committee about the manner in which candidates for statewide office in Massachusetts are placed on the primary ballot—a process that not only lacks transparency but also raises legal issues, including whether the rights of communities of color are adequately...
