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    Letter to The Editor: Voting Rights Act Turns 50 –
    Congress Must Restore Its Protections

    August 7, 2015No Comments
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    logo_lettereditorBy Barbara Litrell
    President, League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley 
    (August 7, 2015) 

    August 6, 2015 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). This landmark civil rights legislation has protected voters from discrimination for nearly half a century. The VRA is one of the most significant laws ever passed by Congress and it changed America. But today, the Voting Rights Act does not offer the same protections it did in 1965. 

    Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court gutted key provisions of the VRA in its Shelby County v. Holder decision, weakening vital voter protections. Since then Congress has done nothing to repair the damage. Congress currently has before it various proposals, but there’s been no action, no legislation passed. As a result, voter discrimination at ballot boxes across the nation has become more pronounced and we are dangerously close to holding our first presidential election in 50 years without critical protections once embodied in the VRA.

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    Each and every eligible American voter deserves to be treated fairly and have free and equal access to the ballot. During the August congressional recess, voters should be loud and clear that the right to vote is fundamental to our democracy. Tell Congress it’s time to restore the VRA. The League of Women Voters has been standing its ground in the fight against discrimination and for voting rights protections for 95 years, and restoring the VRA is an important step to keep our elections fair, free and accessible.

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    The Symbolism of Jan. 6

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    Don’t mess with symbols. Just ask author Dan Brown’s character Robert Landon. The worth of symbols cannot be measured. Symbols make the world-go-round. Symbols carry the weight of a thousand words and meanings. Symbols represent reality boiled down to the bone. Symbols evoke profound emotions and memories—at a very primal level of our being—often without our making rational or conscious connections. They fuel our imagination. Symbols enable us to access aspects of our existence that cannot be accessed in any other way. Symbols are used in all facets of human endeavor. One can only feel sorry for those who cannot comprehend the government’s response to the breech of the capital on January 6, with many, even pundits, claiming it was only a peaceful occupation. Regardless if one sees January 6 as a full-scale riot/insurrection or simply patriotic Americans demonstrating as is their right, the fact is the individuals involved went against a symbol, and this could not be allowed or go unpunished. Read more→
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