The Voting Rights Act of Virginia is a Virginia law that prohibits racial discrimination in voting and establishes a preclearance provision for proposed...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed...

The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023 (H.R. 14) is proposed voting rights legislation named after civil rights activist John Lewis. The...

Voting rights of citizens in the District of Columbia differ from the rights of citizens in the 50 U.S. states. The United States Constitution grants...

This is a timeline of voting rights in the United States, documenting when various groups in the country gained the right to vote or were disenfranchised...

"one man, one vote" electoral system. Since the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Twenty-fourth Amendment, and related laws, voting rights have been legally...

Equality Act (2009) Virginia Virginia Constitution, Article I, §11 (1971) CROWN Act (2020) Voting Rights Act of Virginia (2021) Virginia Values Act (2020)...

Voting Rights Act of 1965 in 1970, 1975, 1982, 1992, and 2006. Each of these amendments coincided with an impending expiration of some of the Act's special...

of Election Day as a paid state holiday, legalization of automatic and same-day voter registration, the Voting Rights Act of Virginia, and repeal of Voter...

laws in the form of the Civil Rights Act of 1960, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Following...

The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York (NYVRA) is a New York state law modeled after the federal Voting Rights Act that is designed to prevent...

Americans. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 made Virginia one of nine states that were required to receive federal approval for changes to voting laws, until...

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right to vote but would have to meet standards beyond citizenship. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 directly addressed and eliminated most voting qualifications...

(Amendment) Act 2006 was passed to allow postal voting by all prisoners. In Italy, the most serious offenses involve the loss of voting rights, while for...

act through eliminating certain loopholes in it, and to establish additional provisions. Aside from addressing voting rights, the Civil Rights Act of...

suppression in the United States Voting Rights Act of Virginia In the June 2020 Georgia primary election, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger mailed...

equal voting rights with men, making New Zealand the first nation in the world to allow women to vote. 1969 – Voting age lowered to 20. 1974 – Voting age...

as the Transvaal Republic, set a voting age of 18 years. The effort was, like later legislation expanding voting rights for women and impoverished whites...

Virginia Clean Economy Act and the Voting Rights Act of Virginia, both of which were signed into law. She called the passage of the Voting Rights Act...

of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which required southern states with histories of racial discrimination in voting to pre-clear any changes to voting...

Lewis Voting Rights Act of Connecticut (CTVRA) is a Connecticut state statute designed to protect voting rights. It is modeled after the federal Voting Rights...

fully enfranchised in practice throughout the United States by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Prior to the Civil War and the Reconstruction Amendments to...

and the niece of Congressman Bobby Scott. She sponsored the Voting Rights Act of Virginia. Clift, Theresa (November 3, 2015). "Price takes 95th District...

they contributed to passage that year of the Voting Rights Act, a landmark federal achievement of the civil rights movement. Since the late 19th century...

Voting Rights Act' Statement before the United States Congress by Johnson on August 6, 1965, about the Voting Rights Act "Remarks on the Signing of the...

that Virginia's 3rd congressional district violated the Voting Rights Act by packing black voters into the district for the political purpose of making...

found that the city's at-large voting system violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting strength of the Black, Asian and Hispanic...

ability to vote. Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, decisions affecting elections are subject to preclearance by the U.S. Department of Justice before...

Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia is the document that defines and limits the powers of the state government and the basic rights of the citizens of the...