For important law to survive into the future, latino Voting Rights Act activism is sorely needed | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Thursday Aug. 4 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which defined the responsibilities of the federal government to intervene in state elections where minority voters were being discriminated against. The legislation was one of the tangible outcomes of the mid-20th century African-American Civil Rights movement. Initially designed to combat racial…