States shore up voting rights protections after courts erode federal safeguards
Democratic-led states have been taking matters into their own hands because legislation to expand voting rights remains stalled in Congress.
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Democratic-led states have been taking matters into their own hands because legislation to expand voting rights remains stalled in Congress.
An appeals court ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the ruling opened in the landmark federal law aimed at prohibiting racial discrimination in voting.
Democratic-led states have been taking matters into their own hands while national legislation to expand voting rights remains stalled in a divided Congress.
A ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the courts opened in
Legislators in Minnesota, Michigan, Maryland, New Jersey and Florida are pursuing state voting rights acts, building on ones enacted by several other states, including New York and Connecticut.