Article: Sen. Specter Introduces Voting Rights Act Reauthorization, Amendments Act

Transcript: CONTINUED NEED FOR VOTING RIGHTS ...
Congressional Testimony;  March 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... for Extending and Amending the Voting Rights Act. Voting Rights Litigation ... the need to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act (VRA). We have also released ... to Keep: The Impact of the Voting Rights Act in 2006, which provides policy ...

Article: THE RENEWAL OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT
National Urban League. The State of Black America;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... lose the right to vote if the Voting Rights Act is not extended in 2007 circulates ... put the 2007 renewal of the Voting Rights Act at the top of its agenda-and ... finally seemed secure when the Voting Rights Act was enacted in 1965, and then ...

Article: Voting Rights Act of 1965
West's Encyclopedia of American Law;      700+ words ...Voting Rights Act of 1965 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a sweeping federal law that seeks to prevent ... President Lyndon B. Johnson responded by introducing the Voting Rights Act, the most sweeping piece of civil rights law in one hundred ...

Article: Jackson: Extend the Voting Rights Act of ...
Miami Times;  July 19, 2005 ;     537 words ... ... year campaign to extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Bush has ... extend Sections II and V of the Voting Rights Act, which was signed by President ... would support extension of the Voting Rights Act. "I'm against statehood ...

Article: VOTING RIGHTS ACT REAUTHORIZATION PASSES ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 10, 2006 ;     686 words ... ... Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments ... Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. The Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments ... compelling record by renewing the voting rights act temporary provisions for 25 ...

Article: President Bush Signs Reauthorization of Voting ...
AScribe Law News Service;  July 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Parks, And Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments ... full reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Demos and the National ... bipartisan support for, the Voting Rights Act and its protections: "Today ...

Article: REP. MICHAEL BURGESS VOTES TO EXTEND VOTING RIGHTS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... and restore the expiring provisions of the Voting Rights Act. "The Voting Rights Act has benefited our country for over 40 years ... the 19th Amendment). Congress passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965 (Public Law 89-110) in response ...