This video is a collaboration between the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund.
This is the first video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series created by the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund (LDF). In this video, Patrick Gaspard, president and CEO of CAP, and Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of LDF, introduce the audience to the concept of state voting rights acts, the types of provisions they contain, and why these provisions are important.