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This is the final video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series created by the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund.
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This is the final video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series created by the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund. In this video, Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) delves into how state voting rights acts can fill the gaps left as the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 is being watered down by federal courts. Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) urges Congress to restore the full strength of the federal Voting Rights Act and encourages states to pass their own voting rights legislation. Voting rights experts who appeared throughout this video series detail additional protections state voting rights acts can provide, including increased language access; new, fairer systems such as district-based voting; and stronger protections against voter intimidation. As each state passes a voting rights act, the United States comes closer to the promise of an inclusive, multicultural democracy.
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The Democracy Policy team is advancing an agenda to win structural reforms that strengthen the U.S. system and give everyone an equal voice in the democratic process.
The “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series was created by the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund to help explain everything you need to know about state voting rights acts and how they can protect the freedom to vote from dangerous, discriminatory attacks.
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