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Saturday, 01 November 2014 00:00

'Jim Crow All Over Again': In Advance of Election Day, Voting Restrictions Loom

Recent changes by state courts and the Supreme Court have left voters in Texas confused and without key protections once afforded by the Voting Rights Act," says Barbara Arnwine, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

'The real reason for the laws is to lower turnout, to hold onto power by keeping those who in opposition from exercising their solemn right.'

Published in Let Me Vote - Count My Vote
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