However, in 2013, the Supreme Court gutted a key section of this act. It’s vital we update & reinvigorate the protections of this act.
On this day in 1965, LBJ signed the Voting Rights Act into law, to guarantee African Americans the right to vote.pic.twitter.com/lIkOzEucFR
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Voting is a fundamental right and we must protect it for everyone. The battle continues, even today.
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Except a disproportionate amount of nonwhites lack the correct form of ID, and other laws make it hard to get that ID.
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And ID isnt even the whole thing: crosscheck system disporportionately affects non-whites. Black counties recieve fewer polling stations...
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I can't believe it is 2017 and the fight still isn't over.
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....something Trump administration, Jeff Sessions and many other Republicans around the nation are trying their best to undo.
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Even though it was ALREADY the law! If we are not allowed to vote then DON"T tax me!
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It was already law, but Southern Republicans stayed in power bc they would do poll taxes, litteracy tests, and other racist voter supression
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In TX, the racist
@GovAbbott & TxGOP has used every chance t undo that law. And now, racist elf Jeff S had helped them, legally.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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A day to celebrate! May our Black sisters & brothers know that millions of us are determined to have ALL voters' rights guaranteed
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