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"...the Senate to take up the Freedom to Vote Act and a January meeting scheduled with staffers for President..."

"...that Texas has violated (again) Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by managing to draw maps with..."

"...the plaintiffs argue the redrawn districts unconstitutionally dilute the voting strength of Latinx Texans and violate the federal Voting..."

"...a total of 38 members, whose districts must be exactly equal in size (766,987). One of those two new..."

"...major achievements in office was the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a piece of legislation that's..."

"...on the Vietnam War, race in America, and civil rights – the last with four U.S. presidents attending –..."

"...quorum to foil Republicans' plan of attack on our voting rights, it was LBJ's legacy that was invoked: A..."

"...Texas State Capitol, where attendees rallied in support of voting rights. Coordinated by the Poor People Campaign and its..."

"...State Capitol tomorrow, July 31, during a rally for voting rights. Both join the Moral March for Democracy event,..."

"...Moral March for Democracy hope to accomplish through direct action to create a path forward for protecting Texans' and..."

"...Montgomery, but it’s long enough to focus attention and activism on Texas’ proposed “election integrity” laws and the GOP’s..."

"...as expected, and failed to proceed to debate signature voting rights legislation that promises to dominate national political discourse..."

"...and waved signs for hours in support of national voting rights and democracy reform bills...."

"..."dummymander" – highly engineered lines that no longer match facts on the ground as populations shift across them. Despite..."

"...at stake here – but we’re still celebrating the fact that female suffrage, as it’s called, is still a..."

"...the first place – to supposedly help enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to protect minority voters –..."

"...promote campaign finance reform, ethics reform, and expansion of voting rights. It was the third of these that got..."

"...v. Board of Educa­tion decision, and the 1968 Civil Rights Act – the period roughly coinciding with the "Third..."

"...Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos ruled that Senate Bill 14, enacted by the Texas Legislature in 2011, "was passed, at..."

"...of valid ID a legislature might allow if they actually wanted to encourage voting, one couldn't help but suspect..."

"...voices were saddened and solemn, lamenting that while the Voting Rights Act of 1965 may be behind us, there..."

"...just come off a winning hand that by all rights shouldn't have paid off so richly. The cards were..."

"...way to consider the legacy of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (initiated by John F. Kennedy; strengthened, lobbied through..."

"...to pass a bipartisan measure that would rebuild the Voting Rights Act, and once again require Texas to get..."

"...wants me to think he's on my side? He actually imagines that he's on my side? He is not,..."

"...on asking voters for a tax rate increase, instead voting to cover a projected $33 million shortfall out of..."

"...First, it incorrectly suggests that the U.S. attorney general's action under Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act before..."

"...new Downtown JW Marriott on the former Las Manitas tract on Congress Avenue. In a four-page letter to the..."

"...that were bound to fail legal tests under the Voting Rights Act and the 14th Amendment. Or it could..."

"...Republicans may see this as a victory over an activist court, office seekers from all parties are once again..."