The Southern Poverty Law Center says it will make $30 million in grants available to nonprofit groups in five Southern states to help register and mobilize voters of color.
The campaign will go through this year’s election, as well as the 2022 midterm elections.
“The United States has a long history of denying voting rights to its citizens, especially black and brown people, returning citizens and young people,” said SPLC president Margaret Huang.
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