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CAP's Neera Tanden: 55th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act Comes as Right to Vote Is in Peril
August 08, 2020
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following statement on Aug. 6 by President and CEO Neera Tanden:

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Today, on the 55th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act into law, Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, released the following statement:

The 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act comes at a moment when the right of millions to cast their ballot is in p . . .

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