Forty-eight years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the historic Voting Rights Act (VRA) into law. Unfortunately, earlier this summer the U.S. Supreme Court erased fundamental protections against racial discrimination in voting that have been critical in protecting our democracy.

EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was written by Nelda Holder, a board member of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina.

EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was written by our interns Clara Roberts and Sophie Tarazi

In the last two weeks, the Supreme Court has issued decisions on two monumental voting rights cases. Together these cases only underline how important it is for organizations like the League of Women Voters to do the vitally important work of bringing new voters into our political process by registering them.