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What a weakened Voting Rights Act means in today's America

Diversity rises. Protections shrink.

Axios

Democrats, groups sound alarm on Trump actions on elections

Democrats and voter advocacy groups are increasingly warning that Trump administration policies and actions could curtail voting in the midterm elections when it comes to changes on who can cast ballots and when it will count. President Donald Trump and federal agencies have taken several steps over the past year…

Roll Call

‘The stakes are quite large’: US supreme court case could gut Voting Rights Act

Court’s decision in Louisiana v Callais could limit voters from challenging racial discriminatory districts

The Guardian - US

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The Voting Rights Act is facing the biggest threats in its 60 years

Decades after its passage, the revolutionary law continues to face attempts to pervert its purpose

The Guardian - US

US lawmakers to vote on bill targeting noncitizen voting: ‘There would be extensive uncertainty’

The Save Act aims at eliminating rare instances noncitizens vote – by making voter registration more difficult

The Guardian - US

‘Entirely normal’: Why counting US votes takes time, is not a sign of fraud

With Trump already setting ‘groundwork for yelling fraud’, experts stress vote count in tight US election may take days.

Al Jazeera

Voting Rights Act faces new wave of dire threats in 2024

A victory in 2023 in Alabama after a supreme court ruling may be short-lived as three cases pose a dire threat to voting rights

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Appeals court rules private groups can’t file lawsuits over key Voting Rights Act section - Roll Call

A divided federal appeals court ruled Monday that advocacy groups can’t file lawsuits under a section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Roll Call

A Georgia redistricting trial begins with a clash over what federal law requires for Black voters

Challengers to Georgia’s voting district maps are telling a federal judge that the state is legally required to provide more political opportunities to Black voters

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