Ahead of the midterm elections, the initiative aims to deploy 300 lawyers and law students across the U.S., including in key battleground states.
Abdul Dosunmu, founder of the Young Black Lawyers’ Organizing Coalition, conducts a voter protection workshop in Dallas. The group is working to counter voter suppression across a number of U.S. states.Abdul Dosunmu, founder of the Young Black Lawyers’ Organizing Coalition, conducts a voter protection workshop in Dallas. The group is working to counter voter suppression across a number of U.S. states.
“Our goal is to make sure that those Black voters are not only able to freely and fully vote themselves,” said Dosunmu, “but that they are also empowered to be ambassadors for voter protection information.”A December 2021 analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice found that at least 19 states passed 34 laws restricting access to voting. Additionally, more than 440 bills with provisions that restrict voting access were introduced in 49 states.
The purpose of the YBLOC workshops, he said, is to “dispel confusion, dispel concern so that people can be empowered to participate in the process.” The nonpartisan group relies on public donations for its work.
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