Signing voting rights expansion
John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 included a requirement designed to ensure minority voters across the country are able to participate equally in the electoral ...
Support the Expansion of Voting Rights | League of Women Voters
Increased accessibility to the electoral process ensures that every eligible voter can exercise their right to vote. Congress must know how the people feel: ...
Strengthening the Voting Rights Act | Brennan Center for Justice
Congress must pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to strengthen this essential law and restore its core protections.
Expanding the Vote: State Felony Disenfranchisement Reform, 1997 ...
Since 1997, 26 states and DC have expanded voting rights to people with felony convictions. 2 million Americans have regained voting rights.
Voting Rights Act: Major Dates in History
The Voting Rights Act is a historic civil rights law that is meant to ensure that the right to vote is not denied on account of race or color.
H.R.4 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): John R. Lewis Voting Rights ...
Summary of H.R.4 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021.
See which states are expanding — or restricting — voting rights
Forty-seven new state laws expanding access to voting were enacted in 23 states — 13 of which are controlled by Democrats and four which have ...
The Enduring Work of Protecting Voting Rights: 59 Years and ...
The Justice Department once described the Voting Rights Act (VRA) as the most effective piece of civil rights legislation ever enacted.
Expanding Voter Access | League of Women Voters
We fight to increase voters' access to the polls, including expanding early voting and automatic and online voter registration.
Legacy of the Voting Rights Act – Expansions of the 1970s
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 made discrimination at the ballot box unconstitutional, but it was its special provisions that helped maintain its power.
Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting - The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as.
Voting Rights: A Short History - Carnegie Corporation of New York
America began its great democratic experiment in the late 1700s by granting the right to vote to a narrow subset of society — white male landowners ...
Voting Rights Act Expands Voter Registration (1965) - CONNECTIONS
The Voting Rights Act, adopted initially in 1965 and extended in 1970, 1975, and 1982, is generally considered the most successful piece of civil rights ...
Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
The bill would undo the damage done by the Supreme Court and create a Voting Rights Act for the 21st century.
FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Administration Continues to ...
President Biden and Vice President Harris have prioritized strengthening our democracy and protecting the sacred right to vote in free, fair, and secure ...
Biden Can Expand Voting Access Through His Executive Order
President Joe Biden speaks near the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday. On the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, there's still more ...
Reauthorization of Expiring Portions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
The NAACP endorses and calls upon the Congress and President of the United States to reauthorize and strengthen the expiring provisions of the Voting Rights ...
Biden signs executive order expanding voting access | CNN Politics
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Sunday expanding voting access in what the White House calls “an initial step” in its efforts to “protect the ...
Expansion of Voting Rights - The American Leader
African Americans gained citizenship with the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868. The Fifteenth Amendment, passed two years later, ...
Voting Rights Milestones in America: A Timeline | HISTORY
The right to vote in US elections has seen massive change. The original Constitution left voting rights to the states for a range of reasons.