Conference on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to be held at Yale.

M2 Presswire;  April 12, 2005 ;     463 words ......YALE UNIVERSITY: Conference on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to be held at Yale(C)1994-20...Honoring the Fortieth Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a conference sponsored...at Yale, evaluates the legacy of the Voting Rights Act as well as contemporary barriers...

Felons' voting rights to get another chance.(Front)

The Virginian Pilot;  January 1, 2008 ;     543 words ......Virginian-Pilot RICHMOND Efforts to restore voting rights for felons don't have a history of...enable nonviolent felons to regain voting rights. I introduce this every year because...introduced each year aimed at restoring voting rights to nonviolent felons who have fulfilled...

Quantifying the Valuation Discount for Lack of Voting Rights and Premium...

American Bankruptcy Institute Journal;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......valuation of equity securities without voting rights or with supernormal (i.e., superior) voting rights is a common occurrence in a bankruptcy...of stockholders often have varying voting rights. Empirical evidence indicates that...

Are our voting rights at risk?(Speaking Of Education)

Black Issues in Higher Education;  March 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Will African American voting rights expire in 2007? In this election...nation's most intense battles for voting rights were focused on Mississippi...disenfranchised Black voters. The 1965 Voting Rights Act was passed because case-by-ca...

Backing away from voting rights

Call & Post;  June 29, 2006 ;     621 words ......House that would have reauthorized the Voting Rights Act again for 25 years. This was after...bipartisan support for the extension of the Voting Rights Act. Hastert pulled the measure after...treatment relative to the protection of voting rights; requires bilingual ballots in ...

ACLU joins call for Voting Rights renewal

New York Beacon, The;  March 30, 2005 ;     520 words ......Beacon, The 03-30-2005 If portions of the Voting Rights Act are not renewed, hard-won voting rights protections will vanish, leaving millions...in the national dialogue, and if the Voting Rights Act expires, that important voice will...

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE: PROTECTING VOTING RIGHTS MUST NOT END WITH...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 27, 2006 ;     378 words ......signed the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act. Despite this historic and important move, as DNC Voting Rights Institute Chairwoman Donna Brazile...Republicans to renew their commitment to voting rights: "After more than 30 years, the...

'PROTECTING OUR VOTING RIGHTS'

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 13, 2006 ;     452 words ......Congress voted to reauthorize the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965. One of the most significant...enacted during the 20th century, the Voting Rights Act helped guarantee one of our most...Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965, the Voting Rights Act provides extensive protection to...

Activist groups demand same voting rights protection in Illinois

Chicago Citizen;  August 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ......PUSH Coalition in Atlanta to protect voting rights, Illinois activist groups met last...Representatives from the Committee to Preserve Voting Rights (CTPVR); Committee For a Better Chicago...some serious voting and longstanding voting rights battles." Numerous voting ...

REP. ENGEL COMMENTS ON VOTING RIGHTS ACT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 17, 2006 ;     407 words ......the Congressional Record regarding the Voting Rights Act: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD VOTING RIGHTS ACT July 13, 2006 Mr. Speaker, I rise...Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King the Voting Rights Act reauthorization. Since the law's inception...

President Bush Signs Reauthorization of Voting Rights Act; Full Renewal,...

AScribe Law News Service;  July 27, 2006 ;     459 words ......Hamer, Rosa Parks, And Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 - a full reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Demos and the National Voting Rights Institute, two leading national election...

The unending struggle for voting rights

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  July 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ......07-18-2006 The unending struggle for voting rights JEFFREY PAGE Date: 07-18-2006...measure as eloquent as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 would have to be...so often? How necessary the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was when it was...

IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT:MARC MORIAL

Congressional Testimony;  October 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ......share with you my thoughts on the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the enormously positive impact...support for reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act and appreciate your leadership...The importance and necessity of the Voting Rights Act cannot be over-emphasized. We have...

VOTING RIGHTS ACT REAUTHORIZATION:PAMELA S. KARLAN

Congressional Testimony;  May 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the opportunity to testify today. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is rightly celebrated as...it is critical to remember that the Voting Rights Act was part of the Second Reconstruction...decade after this Court last amended the Voting Rights Act, ultimately gave way to cynical...

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Holds a Conference on the Voting...

U.S. Newswire;  March 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Advisory: In 1965, Congress enacted the Voting Rights Act (VRA) to ensure that African Americans...has invited civil rights activists, voting rights proponents, prominent scholars, legislators...participate in a one-day conference on the Voting Rights Act. The "Strengthening ...