Voting Rights
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC Applauds Diversity of DOJ Nominations
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WASHINGTON, DC — President-elect Joe Biden is expected to announce Judge Merrick Garland for Attorney General, Lisa Monaco for Deputy Attorney General, Vanita Gupta for Associate Attorney General, and Kristen Clarke for Assistant Attorney General at an afternoon press conference.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC President and Executive Director, John C. Yang, issues the following statement to applaud the selection of Gupta and Clarke as part of the proposed new leadership at U.S. Department of Justice.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Denounces Today’s Assault on Democracy
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Washington, DC — The world has watched in horror as Trump terrorists, rioters, and seditionists stormed the U.S. Capitol incited by President Trump, who earlier in the day urged his ardent supporters to walk to the Capitol Building and "show strength" and "fight."
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five independent Asian American civil rights organizations, releases the following statement:
Statement from the Voting Rights Working Group on Counting Every Vote in the 2020 Election
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WASHINGTON D.C. - As we near the end of this general election, the will of the people must be respected. In record numbers and in the face of a global pandemic, Americans voted early and on Election Day, and availed themselves of mail-in voting. But the right to vote includes the right to have your vote counted.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Reacts To Historic Biden/Harris Win
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Washington, DC — Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliates in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. issued the following statement on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s election win: