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Hillary ClintonAug 6, 20152 min read

Restore the Voting Rights Act & renew the promise of our democracy

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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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CampaignLegalCenterFeb 113 min read

How One Election Official Has Tried to Change Voting Requirements in Three States Overnight

Rachel Rye Butler in Defending DemocracyFeb 93 min read

A Victory for Voting Rights in Maryland

Maryland took an important step forward on voting rights today, overriding a governor’s veto and restoring the right to vote for citizens with past convictions who have served their sentences.

Colette Clarke TorresDec 3, 2015

“The Worst Case of Voter Suppression That I Have Ever Seen.”

John Fisher

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Thank you so much for bringing this into the light. I am so disgusted!

This town, my state of Texas and every state, every county, city and every person who works in any way go keep any American from voting demeans the idea of America. I can’t believe Jim Crow thrives in 2015 but I must. I will work against this.

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Nancy Pelosi in Digital DemsFeb 11 min read

Black History Month

Each Black History Month, our nation honors the rich contributions Africans Americans have made to the economic, cultural, scientific, and artistic heritage of the United States. African Americans’ courageous leadership, strategic advocacy, and persistent efforts to make the promise of America…

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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…

People For the American WayJun 24, 20155 min read

A Moral Campaign for Voting Rights Continues

By Dr. Perneller Chubb-Wilson, president of the Roanoke Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a member of People For the American Way’s African American Ministers In Action (AAMIA)

True the VoteMar 284 min read

Three questions that automatic voter registration supporters really don’t want answered

Major election reforms have a tendency to garner considerable sideshow attention during a presidential contest — even though such policy changes rarely impact the upcoming vote in…