Between 2012 and 2020, the white-Black turnout gap grew between 9.2 and 20.9 percentage points across five of the six states originally covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.| Brennan Center for Justice
Studies show that new laws will disproportionately harm voters of color. Federal legislation is necessary.| Brennan Center for Justice
In the 6 years since Shelby County v. Holder gutted key voter protections, more than 1,600 polling sites have been closed in 13 states. It’s time for Congress to act: tell them to #RestoreTheVOTE and pass the VRAA! http://bit.ly/PassVRAA| The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
The latest Voting Rights Act news and updates on NewsOne - your source for breaking stories, in-depth reports, and perspectives that matter.| NewsOne
On the Voting Rights Act anniversary, strategist Niq Johnson highlights organizations across the country fighting for ballot access.| NewsOne
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DaMareo Cooper outlines the fight for creating a multiracial democracy on the 57th anniverary of the voting rights act.| NewsOne
A timeline of events highlighting the drastic changes in ballot access since Congressional Republicans supported the Voting Rights Act reauthorization in 2006.| NewsOne
70.9 percent of white voters cast ballots compared with only 58.4 percent of nonwhite voters — a disparity that will worsen with new restrictive voting laws.| Brennan Center for Justice
EnlargeDownload Link Citation: An act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States and for other purposes, August 6, 1965; Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789-; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; National Archives View All Pages in the National Archives Catalog View Transcript This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many sout...| National Archives
