The Rev. Cozy Bailey, president of the NAACP Virginia State Conference, speaks at a 2024 event. The organization filed a federal lawsuit this week, alleging state and local election officials are unlawfully rejecting voter registrations from college students.
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Civil rights groups sue Virginia over rejected student voter registrations
Civil rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit in Virginia alleging that state and local election officials are unlawfully rejecting student voter registration forms because they lack dormitory names, room numbers or campus mailbox information — details that the groups say are both irrelevant and discriminatory.
