Cunningham says the group plans to meet with Kentucky’s U.S. Senators – including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has the power to call a vote on the bill.
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A panel for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals determined the Texas law violated Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, but did not go so far – as plaintiffs had argued – that it amounted to a poll tax.
“We simply want justice and fairness in all aspects of our lives”, he said.
Carolyn Kaster/AP President Obama (right, pictured listening to Rep. John Lewis Thursday) is urging Congress to update the Voting Rights Act.
Interspersed within Obama’s Medium article were photos of the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” march from Selma to Montgomery, seen as a major turning point in the effort to defeat Jim Crow.
“It does show the continuing relevance of the Voting Rights Act even in its weakened form”, said Weiser, whose organization helped represent some plaintiffs in the suit.
Still, Catrena Norris Carter and Callie Greer believe overall the Voting Rights Act achieved what it set out to do 50 years later.
“We are facing a two-pronged attack on our democracy – unlimited money poured into the political process, paired with the systematic suppression of the vote”, Sanders wrote in the Huffington Post. The case struck down the requirement for nine states including North Carolina and Texas that have historically practiced discriminatory voting practices to have their newer elections laws reviewed and accepted by the Department of Justice or a federal court in Washington, D.C. “Click on the project “>here, or listen to them in our playlist, below. Laws that roll back early voting. “In light of ongoing voter fraud, it is imperative that Texas has a voter ID law that prevents cheating at the ballot box”, said Abbott.
The League of Women Voters of the Bartlesville Area will host a voter registration event on September 22 at the Bartlesville Public Library, where volunteers will provide detailed information on topics ranging from new voter registration, precincts and access to non-partisan candidate information. Let’s remember this great day by renewing the Voting Rights Act.
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“Today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield”, Mr. Johnson said as he signed the law.
