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Tag: voting rights act

**FILE** A voter asks an election worker a question as she votes at Samuels Community Center in the presidential election in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on Nov. 8, 2016. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images)
Posted inNational

Automatic Voter Registration Laws Transform How People Register to Vote

by WI Guest Author April 19, 2019December 21, 2021
Election officials collect electronic voting machine memory cards following the Georgia primary runoff elections at a polling location in Atlanta on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

Congress Traveling the Country to Hear Evidence of Voting Rights Violations

by WI Guest Author April 14, 2019October 31, 2020
Officials in Jefferson County, Georgia, are accused of voter suppression after preventing a bus from taking a group of Black senior citizens to vote on Oct. 15. (Screen grab courtesy of Black Voters Matter)
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

WILLIAMS: Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round

by WI Guest Author October 24, 2018October 31, 2020
Posted inMarc Morial, Op-Ed, Opinion

MORIAL: Vote — Our Rights Are Too Hard-Won to Take for Granted

by WI Guest Author October 3, 2018October 31, 2020
Voting booths at Hermosa Beach City Hall during California Primary /Photo: iStock
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

JOHNSON: We Must Take Every Opportunity to Fight Voter Suppression

by WI Guest Author October 4, 2017October 31, 2020
Donald Trump
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: The Lie About Voter Fraud Is the Real Fraud

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. May 17, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

SEWELL: The Cost of a Vote

by WI Guest Author March 29, 2017October 30, 2020
Cedric Richmond
Posted inBlack Experience, Politics

Richmond Brings Bold New Leadership to CBC

by WI Guest Author February 8, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inBlack Experience, National

Census Bureau Gives New Numbers for Black History Month

by Stacy M. Brown February 7, 2017October 30, 2020
Talladega College Marching Band (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBlack Experience, National

Talladega Band Agrees to Perform at Trump Inaugural

by Stacy M. Brown January 11, 2017October 30, 2020

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