John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Why Access To Voting Is Key To Systemic Equality
Photos: Wikimedia Commons\YouTube Screenshots Voting is a fundamental civil right and it shouldn’t be infringed upon, no matter your race or zip code. Although ...
ACLU Applauds Reintroduction Of John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Photos: YouTube Screenshots WASHINGTON – Tuesday the American Civil Liberties Union lauded the reintroduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which ...
The Freedom To Vote Act Necessary For Protecting American Democracy
Photos: YouTube Screenshots On July 18, 2023, Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives jointly refiled the Freedom to Vote Act ...
Nearly 100 Restrictive State Laws Added Since SCOTUS Gutted Voting Rights Act 10 Years Ago
Photos: YouTube Screenshots Ten years ago, the Supreme Court eviscerated a central component of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder. That ...
Alabama Congresswoman Sewell Welcomes Voting Rights Bill Fight
Photos: Twitter\Wikimedia Commons In August, Rep. Terri Sewell stood at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in her hometown, Selma, Alabama, to tout ...
Legal Challenge To Georgia’s Voter Suppression Law Given Green Light To Proceed
Photo: Twitter ATLANTA – Georgia Governor Brian Kemp shown above signing voter suppression bill S.B. 202. Thursday, a federal court denied the three motions ...
Alabama: SPLC Emphasizes Mobile’s Legal Obligations Under Voting Rights Act
Photo: ACLU MOBILE, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) urged in a letter to the Mayor and City Council of Mobile, ...
Anti-Democracy Senators Block Debate On John Lewis Voting Rights
Photos: Twitter\YouTube Today, the U.S. Senate held a vote to move the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (JLVRAA, VRAA) to the floor for formal debate. ...
Senate Filibuster Must Be Reformed To Stop Republican Voter Suppression Of Blacks, Minorities
Photos: YouTube\Twitter Last week, Senate Republicans again uniformly blocked Democrats’ attempt to begin debate on urgently needed voting rights legislation. The minority party’s filibuster ...
King: Voting Rights Bill Could Be Brought To Senate Floor Next Week
Photo: Wikimedia Commons Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), a co-sponsor of the Freedom to Vote Act, the pared-down version of the For the People Act, ...
