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State Voting Rights Acts: Preclearance
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State Voting Rights Acts: Preclearance

This is the fourth 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 video is a collaboration between the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund.

This is the fourth 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, Amia Trigg, senior counsel and director of professional development at LDF; Aseem Mulji, senior legal counsel for redistricting at the Campaign Legal Center; and Michael Pernick, political participation counsel at LDF, discuss the history and impact of preclearance. If included in state voting rights acts, preclearance programs could stop discrimination before it occurs. These programs create a streamlined administrative process where legal experts review key voting changes and ensure they will not harm people based on race before they go into effect.

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Rebecca Mears

Former Director, Democracy

Center For American Progress

Adam Lioz

Senior Policy Counsel

Legal Defense Fund

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Hai-Lam Phan

Senior Director, Creative

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Olivia Mowry

Video Producer

Center For American Progress

Toni Pandolfo

Video Producer, Production

Center For American Progress

Matthew Gossage

Former Events Video Producer

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A group of voters stands in line to cast early ballots at the Stamford Government Center in Stamford, Connecticut, October 21, 2024.

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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