WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin Luther King Jr. standing behind him, signed the Voting Rights ...

Five states have off year elections for state government officials: the two on the ballot in 2025, as well as Mississippi, ...

Fifty years ago, Congress passed Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act — a landmark provision that re-shaped American democracy by tearing down longstanding language barriers at the ballot box. As Los ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has several avenues at its disposal as it appears poised to limit a central ...

In a speech before he signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson said of the landmark civil rights law, “Today we strike away the last major shackle…the Negro story and ...

This month we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the single most influential pieces of legislation in American history. The policy that finally, almost 200 years ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Voting Rights Act, a landmark law barring discrimination in voting, was a product of the U.S.

The Rev. C.T. Vivian was a renowned civil rights leader who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. The Voting Rights Act is considered one of the most comprehensive pieces of civil rights legislation ...

The Rev. Joe Carter was the first African American since 1902 to register to vote in West Feliciana Parish in 1963, but he was not alone. Countless pictures by renowned civil rights photographer Bob ...

Democrats and Republicans have set aside resources for the anticipated Florida redistricting battle ahead of the midterms.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections ...

Newsom and his Illinois counterpart, Gov. JB Pritzker, have warned that Trump’s attempts to send the U.S. military into their ...