Category: Shelby County v. Holder

Shelby County and the Power of the SCOTUS Swing Vote

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Two years ago today, the Supreme Court delivered a devastating blow to the Voting Rights Act in its Shelby County... Read more

Project Vote Urges Lawmakers to Support New Voting Rights Bill

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Project Vote submitted a letter today to urge members of Congress to support the Voting Rights Advancement Act Read more

The View from the Bridge

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Wonderful as the idea of a 50th anniversary weekend commemorating Bloody Sunday seemed, the risk was that it would only be a look backward. Connections needed to be made with what is going on now... Read more

Why Selma Matters Today

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On March 7 1965, over 500 civil rights activists led by John Lewis and Hosea Williams embarked on a march... Read more

Shelby and Selma

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Project Vote Testimony on State of Civil Rights

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Project Vote submitted testimony today on “The State of Civil and Human Rights in the United States”  for a hearing held... Read more

Time for Bipartisanship on Voting Rights

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When the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals last week rejected the claims of Arizona and Kansas that their states’ voter... Read more

Courts Block Restrictive Voting Laws Before Election Day, Showing Need for Broad Voting Protections

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Hang on to your hats, voters. With less than four weeks left before the general election, new voting restrictions were... Read more

What Kind of Year Has It Been for Election Laws?

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WASHINGTON, DC — With Americans heading to the polls in just four weeks, a new report from voting rights group... Read more

VRA Turns 49: Looking Back and Looking Forward at Voting Rights

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Forty-ninth anniversaries don’t usually garner much attention, but today a 49th anniversary—though filled with pathos—is worth commemorating. The Voting Rights... Read more