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Today marks the 6th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Shelby County decision, which gutted the VRA's preclearance requirement. A thread on how it's affected your rights and what we can do together to fight it:
Prior to Shelby County, the VRA established a formula for identifying jurisdictions with histories of #votersuppression, and required their governments to obtain federal approval for any proposed changes to their voting rules or election systems.https://www.justice.gov/crt/about-section-5-voting-rights-act …
The Shelby County decision invalidated the preclearance formula and, by extension, the preclearance requirement. Since then, previously covered jurisdictions have made it increasingly difficult to vote and stepped up voter purges https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/how-shelby-county-broke-america/564707/ …
We were established in response to the Shelby County decision. Among other measures, we:
Provide resources & training to litigators
Teach courses @GeorgetownLaw
Currently host a fellow @CampaignLegal
Educate the public about #votingrightshttps://tinyurl.com/y2czee9k
How can you help? Call your representatives and tell them to pass H.R. 4, the "Voting Rights Restoration Act," which would establish a new preclearance formula. #VRAA #RestoretheVotepic.twitter.com/ccyD9UQE79
Are you a lawyer? We will need all the help we can get battling #votersuppression in 2020. Sign up to volunteer on our website!https://www.votingrightsinstitute.org/
Here are some additional ideas for what everyone can do - with or without a law degree - to support #votingrights in their communities:https://twitter.com/The_VRI/status/1118191586930827264 …
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