With the power of his office, Obama has many tools he can use to help save the Voting Rights Act | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

President Barack Obama commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in a speech Thursday as he called for members of Congress and state legislatures to make it easier for people to vote. Obama said that, in theory, everyone is in favor of the right to vote, but over the years the Voting…