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Countdown Day 5: On One-Year Anniversary of Shelby County v. Holder Decision, Ifill to Urge Passage of Bipartisan Voting Rights Amendment Act (New York, NY)–On the one-year anniversary of the United States Supreme Court’s decision that gutted key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, the leader of the civil rights organization that litigated the case before the […]
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Countdown Day 22: The Voting Rights Amendment Act is a critical piece of legislation that was proposed by a bipartisan group of Members of Congress in response to the United States Supreme Court’s devastating decision in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder. Here is a list of the top ten things you should know about the VRAA: […]
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Countdown Day 21: Virginia NAACP, LULAC, & League of Women Voters Call on Congressmen Goodlatte and Cantor to Move Forward on Voting Rights Amendment Act Groups Take Out Full Page Ads in Roanoke Times and Richmond Times-Dispatch On Wednesday, June 5th, local chapters of civil rights and voting groups are taking out full page ads […]
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Countdown Day 20: Since the Supreme Court’s opinion in Shelby County, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund has been tracking all the instances in which state and local jurisdictions have attempted to implement discriminatory voting changes. Of course, without the preclearance mechanism applying in covered jurisdictions, these changes can be implemented without being reviewed first to ensure […]
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Countdown Day 2: Voting rights in danger one year after Shelby County Supreme Court ruling By Zachary Roth Originally printed by MSNBC Since the Supreme Court badly weakened the Voting Rights Act (VRA) a year ago, on June 25, 2013, states across the south and beyond have taken a barrage of steps to make it harder for […]
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Countdown Day 19: Councilman Ernest Montgomery is a community leader in Shelby County, Alabama. Mr. Montgomery was also our client in Shelby County, Alabama vs. Holder in which the Supreme Court struck down the preclearance mechanism that required states and jurisdictions to preclear voting changes with the federal government beforehand. The reflection below details how Mr. Montgomery […]
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Countdown Day 16: Conservatives Call for Support of the Voting Rights Act Amendment The Voting Rights Amendment Act (“VRAA”), H. 3899 and S. 1945, is the bipartisan Congressional response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder. The VRAA has strong Republican support. When the Court issued Shelby County last June, Republicans in Congress immediately identified the need to respond to the decision: […]
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Countdown Day 15: In the Wake of Shelby County Ruling, Local Officials Fly Under the Radar with Discriminatory Changes to Voting Rules Nearly one year after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, much of the discussion around its devastating effects has been focused on statewide voting law changes such as voter ID. This […]
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Countdown Day 14: Voting Rights Act: Sikhs, Asian Americans need protection For the Sikh-American community and greater Asian-Pacific Islander American community, the fight for the rights of citizenship, including the right to vote, is a critical part of our history in the United States. In 1922, Takao Ozawa, a 20-year resident of the U.S., and […]
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Countdown Day 13: New Report Finds Urgent Need for Fix to Combat Modern Day Voting Discrimination Against Latino Voters Nationwide The joint NALEO/MALDEF/NHLA report found egregious and far-reaching voting discrimination at every stage of the voting process; More than 7.8 million Latino voters are expected to head to the polls this November, making it critical for […]
