The supreme court gutted the most powerful law for fair 2020 elections. Can Democrats revive it? | Myrna Pérez
The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013. Can the Democrats’ new bill revive it in time?
On Friday the House of Representatives showed the country that it will not tolerate racial discrimination at the polls. It passed the Voting Rights Advancement Act, a bill that would restore the 1965 Voting Rights Act to its full strength. Our country needs that reform and others to make the 2020 election free and fair for all.
Since its founding, America has moved slowly towards granting suffrage to more and more Americans, bringing more people into the electoral process. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been instrumental to that progress. But in 2013 the supreme court dramatically weakened that law.