The Brennan Center for Justice has voting rights advocacy materials as well as up-to-date records of legislation and cases related to voting rights. The National Conference of State Legislatures is a good place to find especially detailed information related to the status of voter ID laws across the country. The United States Department of Justice has materials on the history of the Voting Rights Act and its enforcement in a post-Shelby landscape.
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What is the fight over voting rights about?
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What is the Voting Rights Act?
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What is a “voting restriction”?
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What was Shelby County v. Holder?
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Why is Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act such a big part of the fight over voting rights?
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What’s the history behind the fight over voting rights?
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What are voter ID laws?
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What is Congress doing to protect voting rights after Shelby?
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If voter ID laws affect everybody, why are they seen as discriminatory?
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How do voter ID laws carry state to state?
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What is voter fraud?
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Is voter fraud actually a problem?
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What is the Obama administration doing on voting rights?