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National Council of La RazaApr 33 min read

Arizona and North Carolina Election Day Debacles Make Case for Restoring the Voting Rights Act

Barack ObamaAug 6, 20156 min read

50 Years After the Voting Rights Act, We Still Have Work to Do

The right to vote is one of the most…

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Nesima AberraMar 303 min read

Why I won’t let the Arizona presidential preference election get me down

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The Leadership ConferenceMar 173 min read

Whip Scalise Commemorated Bloody Sunday, but Took No Action to Restore the Voting Rights Act

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R. La., has been better known for associations with white supremacist groups and hostility to civil rights issues than as a champion for…

The Leadership ConferenceMar 234 min read

Need Proof of Voting Discrimination? Watch These Videos of N.C. Voters Denied the Right to Vote.

Nearly three years after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in Shelby County v. Holder in June 2013, many Republicans in Congress, including House…

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The Leadership ConferenceSep 28, 20154 min read

Senate Republican Leadership Used to Support Voting Rights. Not Anymore.

Eight months ago at the beginning of the 114th Congress, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R. Iowa, announced the chairs, ranking members, and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s subcommittees. Two and a half…

The Leadership ConferenceMar 104 min read

Women’s History Month and the VRA: Honoring the Work of Hamer, Parks & King

Nearly a decade ago in July 2006, Congress reauthorized the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) for 25 years, and it did so overwhelmingly — 390–33 in the House and 98–0 in the Senate. On the South Lawn…

The Leadership ConferenceFeb 264 min read

Selma’s Marchers Now Have a Gold Medal, But the VRA is Still Devastated

This week, during a bicameral, bipartisan ceremony in Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol, members of Congress awarded Selma’s foot soldiers the Congressional Gold Medal. It was a well-deserved tribute to…