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The ACLU's Voting Rights Project has worked to protect the gains in political participation won by racial and language minorities since the 1965 passage of the Voting Rights Act.


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Voting Rights : General : Legislative Documents

The Case for Extending and Amending the Voting Rights Act (03/06/2006)
New ACLU report outlining the continued need for the Voting Rights Act documents 293 ACLU cases brought in 31 states to protect the right to vote and challenge discrimination in voting.

Testimony of Laughlin McDonald, Director of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project, Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee (10/25/2005)

Letter to the Senate in Opposition to Anti-Democracy Riders to the DC Appropriations Bill (10/25/2001)

Letter to the FEC on the Federal Election Campaign Act to the Internet (01/06/2000)

Fax to the House Opposing the D.C. Appropriations Bill (10/14/1999)

New Analysis of the Revised Barr Anti-Democracy Amendment to D.C. Appropriations (07/29/1999)

Letter to the House on D.C. Appropriations Vote (07/29/1999)

Letter to the House on D.C. Appropriations Debate (07/27/1999)

Letter to President Clinton on the Census (02/08/1999)

Letter to the House on the Census (02/08/1999)

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