Why does it not surprise me in the least that the U.S. House Repug “leadership” is dragging its feet on renewing the Voting Rights Act of 1965? And is anyone seriously surprised by the nine states that are fighting the renewal?There are many points to be made in favor of renewing the act; I would ask that you take some time to read or at least skim through these attachments from the ACLU as proof (the one .pdf is about 500 pages or so detailing cases where violation of the act was cited as grounds for legal action).
Or, you can also read this column from Greg Palast describing where African Americans were removed from the voter rolls in Florida during the 2000 presidential election in violation of the act by that darling Katherine Harris.
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