voting rights
Why Latinos Are Still Fighting For The Voting Rights Act
*Lot’s of developments this past week on the voting rights front: The 50th anniversary of the VRA and a Texas lawsuit that found strength in Section 2 of the Act […]
For Latinos, 1965 Voting Rights Act Impact Came A Decade Later
*For Latinos, 1975 was just as significant as 1965. The VRA extension of that year ended language discrimination at the polls. VL By Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News Gloria Molina has […]
Obama to call for Voting Rights Act restoration on law’s anniversary
*There’s momentum in the President’s planned call for restoration of the VRA. It’s the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and yesterday’s voter ID victory in Texas put voting […]
MALDEF welcomes fifth circuit rling that Texas voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act
*Yesterday’s reports about the Fifth Circuit’s ruling on Texas’ Voter ID law were confusing to many people. Some said the law violated the VRA but would remain in effect until […]
The Dark Money Media Shouldn’t Forget In Coverage Of Texas Voting Rights Case
*The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear arguments on a voting rights case that could hurt Latino voting power. The case was backed by Edward Blum, the director […]
For Texas Latinos, Voting Rights is Voter Education
By Rebecca Aguilar, NewsTaco Guadalupe Ruiz walked into a voting precinct in the south Dallas Oak Cliff section to cast her ballot on the first day of early voting in […]
Voting Rights Still “Under Siege,” Says New Coalition for Redistricting Reform
*Voting rights is a central issue for the Latino community. The fact that MALDEF is part of this coalition underlines it’s importance. After the Shelby v Holder decision the idea […]
Six months from midterms, Latinos should pay more attention to voting, voting rights
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Reports about immigration get a disproportionate amount of attention in Latino media and in the mainstream media’s attempts to cover the Latino community – and deservedly […]
The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. Now a bipartisan gang wants to put it back together.
By Dylan Matthews, The Washington Post It’s rare that you can get Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and John Conyers (D-Mich.) to agree on much of anything. The former, after all, introduced […]
AG opens new front on voting rights protection
By Associated Press/Los Angeles Times Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday the Justice Department is opening a new front in the battle for voting rights in response to a Supreme Court ruling […]