The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4). The legislation would address racial discrimination in voting by restoring and strengthening the protections of the Voting Rights Act — provisions gutted by the U.S. Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 and further weakened in … Continued
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