Tell Congress to restore voter protections at the ELCA Action Center. Decades ago, faith leaders and church activists served a critical role in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The act, after being signed into law, … Continued
From Committee of Seventy (https://www.seventy.org/): Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill, president of the National Association of Secretaries of State (Photo: The Pew Charitable Trusts) Voter fraud is “highly unusual,” National Association of Secretaries of State president Denise Merrill tells … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/08/23/voting-rights-risk-across-us-international-monitors-called-help Published on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 by Common Dreams ‘A confluence of factors has made the right to vote more vulnerable to racial discrimination than at any time in recent history,’ says civil rights coalition By Deirdre … Continued