This is historical material “frozen in time”. The website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work.

Push for the passage of the Voters Act of 1965 into law

Created by T.R. on January 24, 2013

Push for the passage of the Voters Act of 1965 into law!

If not, we can find ourselves stripped of what is supposed to be a protected "equal right" - for all - under the Constitution.

The bill to renew the Act was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 13 by a vote of 390-33, with support from Republican House leadership, led by Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.. The U.S. Senate passed the bill 98–0 on July 20.

President George W. Bush signed the bill in a morning ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on July 27, 2006, one year in advance of the 2007 expiration date. This extension renewed the Act for another 25 years.

SHOULD WE HAVE TO REVISIT THIS IN 2031?

I ask that all concerned citizens push to have this matter permanently decided.

Civil Rights & Equality
Urban Policy
Return to top