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Louisiana officials have requested the Supreme Court to overturn the Thornburg v. Gingles test and eliminate race ...
While the Voting Rights Act was undoubtedly a singular achievement, it represented the culmination of a long struggle.
A special House committee on Thursday began work on three issues that have stumped Mississippi lawmakers for years: restoring ...
The future of voting rights protection is squarely on the line at the Supreme Court in the term that opens in four weeks.
Legislators finalized rules this week allowing additional grounds for challenging a person’s right to vote in South Dakota.
The ruling upholds a district court’s order from last year, in which a judge wrote that the law’s racist origin “has not been cleansed.” ...
If citizens want early voting or even a new law, legislators are now charting a course for the upcoming session.
A gathering at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute highlighted the ongoing fight for equal voting rights, honoring ...