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The 2016 presidential election was the first in 50 years without all the protections of the original Voting Rights Act. [vague] Fourteen states had new voting restrictions in place, including swing states such as Virginia and Wisconsin. [115] [116] [117] [118]
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece ... the law immediately decreased racial discrimination in voting. The suspension of literacy tests and the ...
Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013), is a landmark decision [1] of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the constitutionality of two provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: Section 5, which requires certain states and local governments to obtain federal preclearance before implementing any changes to their voting laws or practices; and subsection (b) of Section 4 ...
A number of civil rights organizations sued the state for violating the Voting Rights Act and gerrymandering with racial discrimination. On the Supreme Court, a 5-4 majority agreed.
The vast majority of Voting Rights Act cases are filed by private parties. A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that only the U.S. government, not private parties, can sue under a landmark ...
State voting laws are drifting in opposite directions in today's age of politics. In 2021, 25 states passed laws that expanded voting access, but 18 states have passed nearly three dozen laws ...
The state party has also called H.R. 1, a federal voting rights and campaign finance reform bill, a "federal invasion" of states' rights. [242] On April 6, 2021, Republican lawmakers passed HB0075, which requires residents to present an ID to vote (previously, voters had to present an ID when registering to vote, but not when voting). [243]
Voting rights experts say Mississippi’s restrictions are among the harshest because the state bans voting by first-time offenders who commit non-violent felonies. And the process for restoring ...