The bill faces long odds of becoming law, with opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate and the White House threatening a veto by President Trump. ADHalf a century after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act to protect the rights of all Americans to vote, the 2013 Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder overturned some of those protections, asserting that they were no longer needed. ADThe bill would allow federal oversight for state and local jurisdictions that enact stricter voters laws that disproportionately suppress the vote in communities of color. Since the Shelby decision, 25 states have put in stricter voter restriction laws. Selma is still now because since the Shelby decision, 12 states have laws making it harder for citizens to register and stay registered,” Sewell said on the House floor.

Source: Washington Post December 06, 2019 22:07 UTC