Tag: Voting rights
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Congressman John Lewis hosts a Voting Rights panel discussion-Monday Evening
What: Panel Discussion/Forum Topic: “Redistricting and the Continued Relevance of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act” When: Monday, August 8, 2011 Time: 6 pm to 8 pm Where: Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church 407 Auburn Ave. Atlanta, Ga. 30312.
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What part of ‘no’ don’t you understand?
The U.S. Justice Department told Georgia election officials this week that their program for verifying the citizenship of voters has been rejected because it violates the Voting Rights Act. You would think that our state’s officials would have gotten the message by now — this is at least the third time in nine months that…