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Nov 30, 2023 · And this part of the Voting Rights Act, which was Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, blocked 3,000 discriminatory voting changes from 1965 until 2013, when the Supreme Court gutted the...
- Tonya Mosley
Oct 22, 2021 · Wednesday’s 49-51 Senate vote barred any debate from occurring on the Freedom to Vote Act, a bill that would have enacted automatic voter registration, guaranteed at least 15...
Nov 3, 2021 · WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats on Wednesday afternoon again failed to expand voting rights when Senate Republicans blocked voting on a bill that would have required states to clear...
- erin.logan@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Nov 3, 2021 · Senate Republicans blocked the John Lewis Voting Rights Act from advancing on Wednesday when the Senate took a procedural vote on whether to open debate on the legislation. The final tally...
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Jan 19, 2022 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights groups argued is vital for protecting democracy was blocked Wednesday by a Republican filibuster, a setback for President Joe...
Jan 19, 2022 · After Republicans blocked a voting rights bill aimed at curbing a wave of new restrictions across the country, Democrats failed in an effort to change Senate filibuster rules that would have...
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Oct 20, 2021 · WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans filibustered a major voting bill Wednesday that would allow automatic and same-day voter registration and make Election Day a holiday.
