The group gathered to condemn voter restriction legislation being pushed by Republican-led state legislatures and to urge the Senate to pass federal voting rights bills. Before marching to the Hart Senate Office Building, Beatty spoke at a rally where she called for the passage of two key voting rights bills: the For The People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. “We will continue to come and to stand up to protect our voting rights,” she said at the rally. “Here we are, 56 years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, still under attack.”Republicans in state legislatures across the country are pushing hundreds of bills to restrict voting. pic.twitter.com/uyJHXEy8Y0 — Joyce Beatty (@RepBeatty) July 15, 2021

Source: Huffington Post July 15, 2021 21:22 UTC