NC Dems Say Voting Rights in Danger 61 Years After Voting Rights Act
The event joined a national civic action campaign and featured calls for new safeguards against intimidation at polling places.
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The Voting Rights Act is down for the count. It's time to think about what comes next.
Marchers walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during commemorations of the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama on March 8, 2026. The event was a catalyst for passage of the Voting Rights Act, signed by President Lyndon Johnson a few months after the attack. (Estela Munoz for Alabama Reflector)We marked the 61st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act last week. But there’s little left to celebrate. The U.S. Supreme Court this spring…
Democratic lawmakers and voting rights advocates commemorated the 61st anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act on Thursday with a call to protect access to voting, asserting that recent changes pushed by the Republican majority in North Carolina threaten decades of progress. The landmark federal legislation prohibits election discrimination based on race, color, or membership in a linguistic minority.
Voting Rights Act at 61: Legal Defense Fund Warns of Renewed Threats to Black Voters
On the 61st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson criticized the Trump administration and the U.S. Supreme Court, asserting their actions undermined democratic protections. Nelson advocated for congressional enactment of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to safeguard voting rights.
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