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Gibbs Knotts, Professor of Political Science, Coastal Carolina University

Up-and-down progress of voting rights in America has been shaped by these 10 key moments

A group of voters lining up on May 3, 1966, outside the polling station in Peachtree, Ala., after the Voting Rights Act was passed the previous year. MPI/Getty Images

As the 2026 midterm elections approach, the U.S. Supreme Court has been busy with voting rights cases.

In mid-September, the court barred the Trump administration from carrying out its proposed restrictions on mail-in voting for the midterm elections.

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