Several states led by Democrats are seeking to guarantee many of the protections that had been in the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. Many Democrats and voting rights groups say that landmark law is being stripped of its most important elements.
FILE - A voter drops his ballot in a drop box at Marilyn J. Praisner Community Recreation Center, during Election Day on Nov. 8, 2022, in Burtonsville, Md. Lawmakers in several Democratic-controlled states are pushing sweeping voting protections this year, reacting to what they view as a broader assault on voting rights by the Supreme Court and Republican-led states. FILE - A voter drops his ballot in a drop box at Marilyn J. Praisner Community Recreation Center, during Election Day on Nov.
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in several Democratic-controlled states are advocating sweeping voter protections this year, reacting to what they view as a broad undermining of voting rights by the
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