Voting Rights in a sentence

The Civil Rights Movement's success in gaining federal passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 provided enforcement of constitutional rights, including voting for blacks.

Honor John Lewis by passing voting rights bill, leading Democrat urgesHouse majority whip James Clyburn called on Sunday for both voting rights legislation and an infamous bridge in Alabama to be named after the late civil rights hero.

Congress cannot alter Shelby County's constitutional ruling, but it can revitalize the Voting Rights Act by writing a new coverage formula and setting aside Brnovich's cramped construction of the Voting Rights Act's result test.

The IPO included only preferred shares that have no voting rights, so this even assumes that shares with and without voting rights are worth the same, which is obviously understating the value.

As the motorcade made its way to the Capitol, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution by unanimous consent from Rep. Jim Clyburn to rename Democrats’ voting rights bill, the Voting Rights Advancement Act, after Lewis.

If elected, Franklin intends to strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and rename it the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

Everything I've read would indicate that the big issue is that Renault owns 43.4% of Nissan with the stock have full voting rights while Nissan owns 15% of Renault with stock that has no voting rights.

The state’s Voting Rights Act creates a process for localities and residents alleging voting rights violations to negotiate potential changes to elections to avoid a court battle.

Civil rights groups say that the citizenship question has nothing to do with enforcing the Voting Rights Act, which is a powerful tool to preserve the voting power of minority groups.

Class A shareholders are permitted restrictive voting rights while Class B shareholders are allowed open voting rights.

Only after passage of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 did African Americans regain the ability to exercise suffrage, among other civil rights.

The 1957 act for the first time established a permanent civil rights office inside the Justice Department and a Civil Rights Commission to hear testimony about abuses of voting rights.

Quigley said that this kind of system was “the rule for decades” in the South until the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965 and formally prohibited arbitrary rules like poll taxes and literacy tests designed to prevent African Americans from voting.

RCV would also help ensure that all Connecticut communities can better engage their voters, which has been a top legislative priority in our state as evidenced by the recent passage of Early Voting and the CT Voting Rights Act.

Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber made a surprise visit, warning the group that attacks on voting rights rival those seen in the Jim Crow era and how important voting in the 2024 election will be.

The Lender has control or direction over securities of the Company carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to all of the Company's outstanding voting securities.

Furthermore, the Series D Preferred Stock will hold voting rights equivalent to common stock, while the Series D-1 Preferred Stock will not have voting privileges on relevant matters.

If she could convey a message to Supreme Court justices as they consider another challenge to the Voting Rights Act, it would be for them to remember “what a privilege they all have with access to the voting booth.

But in the 2013 decision of Shelby County v. Holder, Roberts struck down the section of the Voting Rights Act that required Justice Department pre-clearance of districting changes in places with histories of racial voting discrimination.

Democrats and voting rights groups that cutbacks Mr. DeJoy has put into place are part of a deliberate effort by Mr. Trump to undermine the Postal Service in an effort to interfere with mail-in voting that will be critical to a safe election in November.