They elected a Black lieutenant governor in 1873 and another Black U.S. senator in 1874, and consistently held the secretary of state position ... The Mississippi House passed a bill to restore voting ...
But Democrats are hoping that with voting rights ... held a hearing on the bill in Washington, D.C. The proposed bill would also strengthen voters' ability to challenge laws, such as those related ...
Among the many ways Oregon has been at the vanguard of making voting easier, perhaps none is more significant than its 1998 ...
It specifically targets those ... voting rights workers for assisting others in the past – convictions that were overturned on appeals, the suit notes. Sign up to First Thing Our US morning ...
Mississippi’s constitutional convention of 1890 was held ... rights have never come easy to Mississippi, voting advocates say. “There’s never been a time period in Mississippi history where we have ...
“They mean well,‘’ Suttles, 76, said of members of Congress who reintroduced the John Lewis Voting Rights ... held a hearing on the bill in Washington, D.C. The proposed bill would also strengthen ...