Institute, LDF and Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School to Hold Webinar Wednesday Calling for New Jersey Voting Rights Act

Groups Will Discuss New Report – NJVRA Now: Why New Jersey Needs its Own Voting Rights Act

NEWARK – On Wednesday, August 16 at noon, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, the Legal Defense Fund and the Harvard Election Law Clinic will hold a webinar to discuss their new report, NJVRA Now: Why New Jersey Needs its Own Voting Rights Act, which will be released that day.

The report makes the case for why New Jersey must pass its own voting rights act to protect and expand access to the ballot. Between the systematic erosion of the federal Voting Rights Act over time and the barriers to the ballot box already faced by New Jersey voters, especially those of color, New Jersey must act now to pass a strong version of the pending John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New Jersey.

WHEN: Aug. 16, 2023 at Noon – 1 p.m. ET

WHAT: Webinar about new report, NJVRA Now: Why New Jersey Needs its Own Voting Rights Act

WHO:

• Nuzhat Chowdhury, Sr. Counsel, Democracy & Justice Program, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
• Adam Lioz, Senior Policy Counsel, Legal Defense Fund
• Ruth Greenwood, Director, Election Law Clinic, Harvard Law School

WHERE: Register for the Zoom webinar here.

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