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The UCLA Voting Rights Project is a project of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs aimed at creating an accessible and equitable system of voting for all Americans through impact litigation, research, and clinical education to expand access to the ballot box.

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UCLA LATINO POLICY AND POLITICS INSTITUTE RECEIVES NEW GENERAL FUNDING SUPPORT FROM THE WEINGART FOUNDATION

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) announced today that it has received $125,000 in general funding over two years from the Weingart Foundation to support all of UCLA LPPI’s functions, including its research, data collection, advocacy and leadership development activities as well as growth of its staff.

Read More | November 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Matt Barreto in YakimaHerald.com: “Redistricting commissioners confident they’ll meet deadline; Yakima area district unsettled”

They issued their proposals after commissioning an analysis by Matt Barreto, a political science professor and faculty co-director of the UCLA Voting Rights Project. His analysis found the initial maps proposed by all four commissioners would violate the federal Voting Rights Act, potentially opening up the state to lawsuits and court intervention.

Read More | November 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

UCLA Voting Rights Project in The Sacramento Bee: “Yolo County moves to protect Latino voting power after hearing redistricting appeals”

In an Oct. 27 memo from the UCLA Voting Rights Project, advocates argued three of the four originally proposed maps would dilute the power of Latino voters. Under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, maps cannot dilute the representation of racial minority groups.

Read More | November 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

UCLA Voting Rights Project (LPPI) in Voice of OC: “OC Supervisors Get Close to Picking New Election Maps Without Much Public Debate”

Map 5 is supported by the ACLU of Southern California, Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA) and the UCLA Voting Rights Project.

Read More | November 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Education

Kelly Lytle Hernandez: “Bunche Center for African American Studies receives $5 million from state of California”

It’s the largest amount of support the center has received in a single year from the state, said Kelly Lytle Hernandez, the center’s director and a UCLA professor of history. The funds will support a range of initiatives, including stipends for student research, the Black Policy Project and Million Dollar Hoods, an ongoing study of…

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