EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was originally published on the Huffington Post.
The League of Women Voters statement on the U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the Voting Rights Act.
EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was originally published on the The Huffington Post.
On Wednesday, February 27, the Supreme Court will review Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, a case that questions the constitutionality of Section 5 the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965, the landmark legislation that outlawed discriminatory voting practices.
Voting rights have been under attack in state legislatures across the country for more than a decade and there are no signs of it letting up in 2013. Indeed 2013 could be a year that sets back voting rights more than all of the attacks of the past decade combined.
