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ColorOfChange Calls for the Removal of Voter Suppression Billboards Popping up in Swing States

This weekend, ColorOfChange, the largest online civil rights organization, launched a new petition calling on Clear Channel to remove intimidating and misleading billboard ads in Black and Latino neighborhoods in Ohio and Wisconsin. An anonymous group has started running the ads, which highlight maximum punishments for “voter fraud” that is basically nonexistent, creating a sense […]

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ColorOfChange and Partners Deliver 50k Petitions to Quinn Calling for Action on Paid Sick Days

For Immediate Release Contact: Kayla Keller, 281.682.6212, Kayla@fitzgibbonmedia.com NEW YORK – Yesterday, dozens of parents, children, elected officials and other supporters convened at City Hall with baby strollers in tow to deliver 50,000 petition signatures demanding that Speaker Quinn allow a vote on the paid sick days bill. More than a million New Yorkers lack […]

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ColorOfChange applauds federal appeals court decision to uphold final three days of early vote in Ohio

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier decision that Ohio voters will be able to cast in-person ballots during the final three days of early vote, including the Saturday and Sunday before Election Day. This is good news for the ColorOfChange community, which has advocated on behalf of the […]

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ColorofChange Floods Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s Office With Calls Demanding Weekend Voting in the Early Voting Period

Over 67,000 ColorofChange Members Have Already Signed a Petition Calling on Husted to Restore Weekend Voting Hours

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Civil Rights Group Praises Pennsylvania Court for Blocking Selective Voter ID Law in Presidential Election

Judge’s Ruling A Partial Victory Against Modern-Day Poll Tax

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Hundreds to Rally at City Hall to Call for Legislative Reform of NYPD before Meeting with Council Members

Hundreds to Rally at City Hall to Call for Legislative Reform of NYPD before Meeting with Council Members. New Yorkers affected by discriminatory policing practices and abuse will speak out and call for systemic reforms and police accountability.

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New Pennsylvania Data Shows True Burden of Selective Voter ID Laws on Low-Income, Disabled, Minority, and Elderly Americans

Civil Rights Group Continues to Push Back on Modern-Day Poll Tax

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ColorOfChange.org, Rural Coalition and partners demand Congress Fully fund SNAP and the 2501 Program in the 2012 Farm Bill

Groups deliver more than 35,000 petition signatures on Capitol Hill

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Statement from Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of ColorofChange.org, on the News that a Federal Judge Restored Early Voting Rights to Ohio after Obama Suit

NEW YORK – Today, U.S. District Judge Peter C. Economus ruled that Ohio voters will be allowed to vote in person the weekend before Election Day. The following is a statement from ColorOfChange Executive Director Rashad Robinson: “This is a huge step toward restoring the voting rights of all of Ohioans, especially black and low-income […]

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General Electric, Western Union, Sprint Nextel, Symantec and Reckitt Benckiser Drop ALEC

ColorOfChange Commends Companies for Leaving ALEC; 38 Companies Have Now Left the American Legislative Exchange Council

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OH Sec. of State Shows True Colors, Signs on to Speak Before Group Known for Voter Suppression

ColorOfChange Responds to Jon Husted’s Blatant Attempts to Restrict Ohio Voters

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ColorOfChange Launches Voter Registration Website to Educate and Empower Millions of Voters in Election 2012

One-of-a-Kind Web Website Prepares, Motivates African American Community, Other Historically Disenfranchised Groups to Vote

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