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Voting Rights Act

Demonstrators hold signs
Politics
Can the census ask if you’re a citizen? Here’s what’s at stake in the Supreme Court battle over the 2020 census
US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) addresses a rally ahead of arguments in a key voting rights case involving a challenge to the Ohio’s policy of purging infrequent voters from voter registration rolls outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, Jan. 10, 201
Justice
Divided Supreme Court hears Ohio voter purge case
Voters cast their ballots in US midterm elections in Ferguson, Missouri, on November 4, 2014.
Justice
Think our voting system is colorblind? Think again
Texas fights Department of Justice over voting rights laws
Activists Confront a Changing Voting Rights Landscape
The History of the Voting Rights Act: The Origins of the Preclearance Provision
After VRA Ruling, Florida Looks to Make Sweeping Changes Without Oversight
North Carolina Overhauls Election Process
Global Politics
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down key provision of Voting Rights Act
Global Politics
Despite law, some new Americans may not get voting support they need
Global Politics
NAACP turning to U.N. as it protests ‘concerted attack’ on minority voting rights
A New Voting Rights Act
Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Provision of Voting Rights Act
Voting Rights Act: Can Congress Act to Save It?
The Changing Demographics of American Communities
How the Voting Rights Act Came to Be
Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Voting Rights Act
‘Eve of Destruction’: How 1965 Transformed American History
Town in Alabama Poses Historic Challenge to Voting Rights Act
Justice Department Blocks Texas Voter Identification Law
Conflict & Justice
With a Narrow Ruling, the Voting Rights Act Survives