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Kevin Morris@kevintmorris.bsky.social |
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act "flipped the script." Now, states and localities would have to prove that they wouldn't violate the 15th Amendment _before_ a policy could go into effect. Wohoo!
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Emily Farris
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Y’all’s research on this is the opening story for our state and local politics textbook chapter on voting!
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Kevin Morris
@kevintmorris.bsky.social
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The legacy of the VRA is powerful--and so too is the evidence from the past decade that preclearance is still needed in the 21st century. That's why we need to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and bring it back!!
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