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President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Martin Luther King, Jr. on Aug. 6, 1965 upon signing the Voting Rights Act. Credit: Yoichi R. Okamoto, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
The Supreme Court and the Voting Rights Act
February 25, 2013 | News & Notes

A chorus of voices make the case that the 1965 Voting Rights Act — about which the Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week — still protects American democracy. Continue reading

Hundreds of people rally outside the South Carolina capitol to honor the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and protest the state's voter identification law, Jan. 16, 2012 in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
South Carolina Voter ID Law On Hold Until After Election
October 10, 2012 | News & Notes
For the fourth time this year, a court rejects the new voter ID requirements.
Tina Edmonds, a compliance specialist for the State Board of Elections, right, looks over a voter registration form of Kristol Cleaton, as her friend Karen Dullas, center, looks on at the Boards office in Richmond, Va., Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. New registrations must be in the local voter registration office by the close of business or postmarked by Monday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Bill Moyers: Share Your Stories of Voter Suppression
August 16, 2012 | Take Action

Bill wants your help building awareness about legal obstacles placed in front of valid voters across the country. Continue reading

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Keesha Gaskins and Michael Waldman on Suppressing Votes By Law
August 3, 2012

Bill talks to Keesha Gaskins and Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice about new election laws that keep the young, elderly, minorities and the poor from voting. Continue reading

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in a ceremony in the President's Room near the Senate chambers in Washington, D.C., Aug. 6, 1965.
Think You Have the Right to Vote? Think Again.
March 30, 2012 | BillBoard
New infographic details how U.S. voter laws are infringing on your right to vote.