On this day in 1965, President Johnson signed the #VotingRightsAct into law, prohibiting literacy tests, racial gerrymandering, and other forms of voter suppression.
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In 2013, the Supreme Court gutted the law, allowing states with a history of discrimination to restrict voting rights in the absence of federal oversight. #VotingRightsAct
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I’m a proud to be an original cosponsor of the Voting Rights Advancement Act which restores the law because the right to vote is a fundamental right in our democracy and it must be protected.
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