Civil rights groups make urgent plea for voting rights in DC, ahead of midterm elections
Organizers say the march responds to a Supreme Court ruling and new redistricting that could weaken Black representation before the midterm elections.
- On Friday, thousands gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for the 'Defend the Vote' march, organized by Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III ahead of November midterm elections.
- The march followed the Supreme Court's April decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which critics say gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act by allowing states to redraw congressional districts to dilute minority voting power.
- New mail-in ballot envelope requirements issued by the Trump administration drew criticism after a federal district judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday night, with USPS appealing the decision Friday.
- Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urged voters to participate in the midterms, with Sanders denouncing what he described as the 'most significant assault on voting rights since segregation.'
- Yolanda Renee King, granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr., described the movement as a 'relay' requiring continued engagement, emphasizing the work begun 63 years ago remains unfinished for the younger generation.
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March on Washington renews focus on voting rights after Supreme Court gutting
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'The fact that we still have to fight to maintain and renew voting rights in this country is beyond abysmal and a truly national disgrace,' Martin Luther King III said Friday.
At March on Washington, Dems plead for black voters to turn out in November
WASHINGTON — The commemorative March on Washington held Friday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 voting rights and jobs speech carried an added sense of urgency from Democratic lawmakers and activists ahead of the midterm elections. The march, held in the nation’s capital beginning on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, came in […]
In the face of the setback in civil rights and the attack on the minority vote, thousands marched in Washington for electoral equality and free elections, in the same place where Martin Luther King made his historic speech.
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