Advocates have provided $5.8million to encourage a voting bill compromise in Congress. The new bill will protect the right to vote.
Voting Rights Act articles on Democracy Chronicles
The Voting Rights Act was a landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that prohibits discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Also see our section on American democracy as well as our articles on African-American voting rights, Voter Access, and Racism.
Pass the Freedom to Vote Act
After HR1’s failure, Senate Democrats have proposed the Freedom to Vote Act. It is critical for protecting and strengthening US democracy.
Senate Democrats near agreement on new voting rights legislation
Democrats are close to reaching an agreement on a new voting rights law. It may be announced as Senate returns from its August recess.
White House says ball is in Congress’s court on voting rights, abortion
In response to Texas’s recent passing of restrictive voting rights and abortion bills, the White House has said it is up to Congress to act.
We’re Suing Texas Over Its New Voter Suppression Law
Texas Senate Bill No. 1 makes it difficult for voters who face language barriers or have disabilities to get help casting their ballots.
How The Voting Rights Act Came To Be And How It’s Changed
The DOJ describes the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as “the most successful piece of civil rights legislation” by the United States Congress.
Racial Turnout Gap Widens, Even Where Previously Covered
2012-2020, White-Black turnout gap in five of six states originally covered by Section 5 Voting Rights Act grew 9.2% to 20.9 % points.
New Laws Shift Election Power To Partisan Entities
Several of the new laws on how voters cast ballots, mostly GOP-crafted, have moved election management to highly partisan entities.
Supreme Court Might Block Any Voting Rights Reform
Democrats’ voting-rights drive confronts a slim chance of becoming law and also a tough legal battle in front of a conservative judiciary.
The Rise And Fall Of The Voting Rights Act Of 1965
The Voting Rights Act is in serious jeopardy. There are, for example, moves by the GOP across the country to restrict voter access.