Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of ...

Voting rights organizations have moved to intervene in the case, arguing the dispute affects the privacy and voting rights of ...

The Supreme Court delayed ruling on a Louisiana congressional redistricting case that some legal experts say could end up further weakening... In a rare decision, the U.S. Supreme Court postponed ...

The U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to strike down parts of the Voting Rights Act that protects minority-majority ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Monday ruled that private individuals and organizations cannot bring voting rights cases under a section of the law that allows others to assist ...

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 ...

The US Department of Justice said it is working on two fronts to ensure a fair and free election: To protect against voting fraud and to ensure voters’ civil rights are protected. As President Donald ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson moves to shake hands with Martin Luther King Jr. while others look on after Johnson signed the federal Voting Rights Act into law at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., ...

"We have the generation that’s willing to say, ‘I’m prepared to fight.'" For voting rights activist Latosha Brown, voting in Georgia’s primary election last week laid bare the challenges African ...

“We cannot deny our ugly history with racial discrimination in this country, especially as it pertains to access to the ballot box,” said Molly McGrath, a voting rights attorney at the ACLU. In a ...

In a rare decision, the U.S. Supreme Court postponed ruling on a Louisiana congressional redistricting case that could have implications on legal protections for the rights of minority voters across ...