White House Introduction of the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015 50 years aftr
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To curtail the actions of states known for voter disenfranchisement. Democratics intorduced the Voting Rights Advancement bill on Wednesay.
n preparation for the the 2016 election season, Democratic law makers are revisiting state legislation that threatens the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In 2013 in the case of Shelby vs. Holder the supreme court overturned a provision that effectively allowed the federal government to oversee changes states made to votin procedures. if passed would restore the requirement for federal approval for voting procedure changes in some states, a provision of the Voting Rights Act struck down by the Supreme Court two years ago.
The White House released a statement detailing the goal of the legislation:
This August, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Voting Rights Act. As the President has noted, ‘the Voting Rights Act was one of the crowning achievements of our democracy, the result of Republican and Democratic efforts.’ Yet 50 years later, laws are being passed across the country that make it harder to vote. As the President said at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, ‘the Voting Rights Act, the culmination of so much blood, so much sweat and tears, the product of so much sacrifice in the face of wanton violence, the Voting Rights Act stands weakened’ while charging Congress to ‘pledge to make it their mission to restore that law this year.’
n preparation for the the 2016 election season, Democratic law makers are revisiting state legislation that threatens the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In 2013 in the case of Shelby vs. Holder the supreme court overturned a provision that effectively allowed the federal government to oversee changes states made to votin procedures. if passed would restore the requirement for federal approval for voting procedure changes in some states, a provision of the Voting Rights Act struck down by the Supreme Court two years ago.
The White House released a statement detailing the goal of the legislation:
This August, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Voting Rights Act. As the President has noted, ‘the Voting Rights Act was one of the crowning achievements of our democracy, the result of Republican and Democratic efforts.’ Yet 50 years later, laws are being passed across the country that make it harder to vote. As the President said at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, ‘the Voting Rights Act, the culmination of so much blood, so much sweat and tears, the product of so much sacrifice in the face of wanton violence, the Voting Rights Act stands weakened’ while charging Congress to ‘pledge to make it their mission to restore that law this year.’
The
Administration applauds today’s efforts by Members of both the House
and Senate to take up this charge to restore the promise of the Voting
Rights Act to repair the
damage done to this centerpiece of our democracy and honor the
sacrifices made by so many who were willing to die to protect the rights
it guarantees. Congress should give this bill the consideration it
deserves and work together to protect that most essential
right upon which our country was founded: the right to vote.
(Source: Press Secretary Josh Earnest)
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