States step into voting rights void left by federal rulings

States step into voting rights void left by federal rulings

As the U.S. Supreme Court pulls back from the landmark federal law designed to safeguard the voting rights of minorities, more states are stepping in to prohibit discrimination in state and local elections. State versions of the 1965 Voting Rights…

Voting Rights – We’re Back in the Early 1960s – Saddle Up - The Times Weekly

I watched my parents go to the polls to vote in the early 1960s.  They had to recite the preamble to the constitution while ignorant and illiterate white people waltzed right in.   Racists poll workers had jars of jellybeans.   Black voters had to guess how many.  Then the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965.  The Voting Rights Act provided federal oversight to prevent discriminatory practices, enabling more African Americans to register and vote. …

Not Just a Southern Issue: Advocates Say SCOTUS Voting Rights Decision Has Already Started to Reshape Black Political Power – The Windy City Word

By Edward Henderson, California Black Media U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37), a member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) whose district spans parts of Los Angeles County, joined fellow CBC member U.S. Rep. Troy Carter (D-LA-2) for a May 21 briefing with Black media outlets in California.  The lawmakers highlighted what they describe as a mounting threat to Black political representation resulting from an April 29 U.S. Supreme Court…