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IN THE NEWS
- VRP Faculty Director Matt Barreto released a statement on behalf of the California Democracy Partnership denouncing President Trump’s address to the nation
- SCOTUS declined to take up an 8th Circuit Court of Appeals case in Arkansas asking who has the right to file a lawsuit under Section 208 of the VRA. However, VRP Faculty Director Matt Barreto explains that SCOTUS must still weigh in on an important 8th Circuit case in Turtle Mountain, North Dakota to fully decide the private right of action issue in voting rights cases
- VRP Senior Staff Attorney Bernadette Reyes explains the importance of states’ rights in elections in a radio interview discussing the impact of the SCOTUS Watson decision
- Matt Barreto speaks to the L.A. Times about how a Hilton loss could give Trump fuel to claim voter fraud with zero evidence
- VRP Senior Research Fellow, Jessica Cobian, describes the gaps in Census data that lead to undercounting language minorities, leaving many without translated voting materials
- VRP Senior Staff Attorney, Sonni Waknin, shared comments on the Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais. She appears at the two-minute mark in this news segment
- VRP Senior Research Fellow, Jessica Cobian, examines the exclusion of Latin American Indigenous language speakers, such as Zapotec, from official voting materials due to gaps in Census data
- VRP Co-Directors explain CA and TX redistricting in L.A. Times
- Chad Dunn provides legal analsysis to CNN on Texas redistricting
- Chad Dunn talks to NBC about a new lawsuit against Tarrant County, TX redistricting
- Matt Barreto testifies in Federal Court against Florida State Senate gerrymandering
- Michael Rios in Texas NPR discussing racial gerrymandering in Tarrant County
- Sonni Waknin on VRP’s successful lawsuit challenging rejected mail ballots in WA state
- “The data speaks for itself” — Michael Rios quoted in Ft. Worth Star-Telegram about Tarrant County redistricting
- Matt Barreto speaks to ABC News about Trump’s extreme deportation policies
- Texas is creating a “climate of fear around voting” — Chad Dunn in The Washington Post
- Bernadette Reyes discusses the significance of winning a new Navajo district in New Mexico
- “The current election system denies Latino voters a fair chance” — Sonni Waknin quoted about a new lawsuit challenging the Port of Pasco, WA
- VRP will “continue to protect the citizens of Pennsylvania from unfair voting practices” — Bernadette Reyes on VRP lawsuit against Hazleton School Board
- Tye Rush explains how negative racial attitudes drive belief in voter fraud and why that’s a big concern
- Michael Rios in Sacramento Bee — breaks down official precinct voting data on Latino support for Governor Newsom
- Michael Herndon discusses his research on the biases in vote-by-mail ballot signature rejection
