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riversedge

(70,187 posts)
Thu Aug 8, 2019, 10:05 AM Aug 2019

54 years after passage of the Voting Rights Act, and six years after Shelby County v. Holder gutted

Good reminder.

Fifty-four years after passage of the Voting Rights Act, and six years after Shelby County v. Holder gutted the landmark law, racial discrimination in voting persists. It's past time for lawmakers to #RestoreTheVOTE and work to modernize our democracy. #VRA54


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