MALDEF STATEMENT ON INTRODUCTION OF THE JOHN R LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT
September 20, 2023
September 20, 2023
LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 20 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following statement on Sept. 19, 2023:
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Today Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA).
Previously passed in the House in 2021, the VRAA would restore some of the voting protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that were severely undermined in Shelby County v. Holder (2013) and . . .
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Today Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA).
Previously passed in the House in 2021, the VRAA would restore some of the voting protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that were severely undermined in Shelby County v. Holder (2013) and . . .