Black Women Have Written The Playbook For Saving Our Democracy, And It Continues To Be Threatened From All Sides
Black women’s unwavering dedication to protecting voters is unmatched.
Black women at the polls. / Photo Credit: Getty Images
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The day after Election Day, I firmly believe that Black women across the country took a collective sigh of relief. After all,
we did it. We saved our democracy
Voting rights advocates air worries about onslaught of new state election laws floridaphoenix.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from floridaphoenix.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Brennan Center for Justice report claims almost every state is seeing proposals to restrict voting
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By Rayonna Burton-Jernigan and Clara Longo De Freitas I find it bizarre that the U.S. and the United Kingdom are the only industrial democracies that don t routinely require voters to show an ID. Perhaps that explains why both our countries have persistent problems with voter fraud that is not seen in other advanced nations. Roger Williams, then a member of the U.K. Parliament from the Liberal Democratic party. The World Requires Voter ID, but George Soros and Hillary Clinton Are Determined the U.S. Won t, John Fund, National Review, July 16, 2015. www.nationalreview.com/2015/07/voter-id-other-countries-require/
Virginia, the Old Confederacy s Heart, Becomes a Voting Rights Bastion nytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Supporters of the Voting Rights Act of Virginia say it will protect and expand access to the ballot box, something they argue is necessary nearly eight years after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the most powerful part of the landmark federal Voting Rights Act.