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1. thinkingoregon.org › 2024/05/16 › is-portlandsIs Portland’s Ranked Choice Voter Education Project Stumbling?

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   5 days ago · Portland’s voter education project on the city’s new ranked choice voting system to be utilized in the November 2024 election seems to be like that. A Request for Proposals on a voter education contract “…from qualified proposers with demonstrated experience in voter and community education and outreach” went out on April 7, 2023 ...

2. stateofthestudentvote.substack.com › p › usingUsing Federal Work-Study funds for nonpartisan student voter ...

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   1 day ago · The Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program is a crucial federal initiative that assists students in financing their education by providing part-time employment opportunities. Recently, the Department of Education clarified that FWS funds can be used for nonpartisan voter registration activities, opening up new avenues for promoting civic engagement ...

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   What is the voter education project?

   • The program formed the basis for SCLC’s Voter Education Project (VEP) and was responsible for educating thousands of southern blacks about their rights as American citizens, and providing them with the necessary skills to pass voter registration tests formulated to deny African Americans their right to vote.

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   What is the Voter Education Project (VEP)?

   • From these discussions, SRC agreed to run the Voter Education Project (VEP), the foundations provided a million dollars to fund it, and the civil rights groups furnished the personnel for voter registration drives throughout the South.

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   Who are the voting blocs?

   • In this book, a variety of voting blocs are examined: African Americans, women, Native Americans, Latinos (Mexicans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans), South Asians (Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis), East Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Koreans), Filipinos, Pacific Islanders, Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, Jewish Americans, and the LGBT community.

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   What did the Voting Rights Act do?

   • Considered among the most comprehensive pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history, the Voting Rights Act (VRA) significantly widened the franchise. It continued to provide far-reaching protection of minority voting rights until the early 21st century, when the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions— Shelby County v.

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4. guides.library.charlotte.edu › cLatinx Community and Voting - History of Voting - Research ...

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   Sep 1, 2023 · In 1974, the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, the first and largest non-partisan Latino voter participation organization in the US, started operations, with founder William C. Velasquez, and other Mexican-American political activists, discovering early that, despite the achievements of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, there ...

5. www.youtube.com › watchProject Vote Voter Education Tool Kit - YouTube

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   1 day ago · This workshop is hosted by Wesley Witherspoon to talk about project vote voter education tool kit.

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6. www.dailysignal.com › 2024/05/20 › biden-educationBiden Education Department Shared Activists’ Memo on ...

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   1 day ago · Robert Schmad / May 20, 2024. President Joe Biden's Education Department pondered a memo from liberal groups on mobilizing college students to vote, potentially benefiting Democrats. Pictured: In ...

7. www.britannica.com › event › Voting-Rights-ActVoting Rights Act | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

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   3 days ago · Voting Rights Act, U.S. legislation (August 6, 1965) that aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States.

8. www.heraldstandard.com › local-news › 2024Bipartisan panel discusses election integrity, voter ...

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   5 days ago · A bipartisan panel spoke Tuesday night about the importance of voter education and election integrity during a roundtable discussion with several current and former public officials at all ...