It is necessary because even though voting discrimination is now widespread, it is much more prevalent in some places than others.[Read more at bit.ly/2YwVGAO by Wendy R. Weiser @WendyRWeiser via @BrennanCenter]
According to our count, there were over 120 voting rights violations over the past 25 years in the 7 states likely to be covered under this bill,[Read more at bit.ly/2YwVGAO by Wendy R. Weiser @WendyRWeiser via @BrennanCenter]
and fewer than 50 in the 39 states that are not close to coverage. Without preclearance, discrimination has been impossible to root out in those places.
States have piled voting restriction upon voting restriction, passing new ones as soon as old ones are struck down, in what amounts to legal whack-a-mole.[Read more at bit.ly/2YwVGAO by Wendy R. Weiser @WendyRWeiser via @BrennanCenter]
For instance, the new Georgia and Texas vote suppression laws, the worst in the country, come after years of earlier voting hurdles in those states.
[Read more at bit.ly/2YwVGAO by Wendy R. Weiser @WendyRWeiser via @BrennanCenter]
[Read more at bit.ly/2YwVGAO by Wendy R. Weiser @WendyRWeiser via @BrennanCenter]
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