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Voting Rights Act, 50 years old today
WASHINGTON — President Obama will mark the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act Thursday by calling on Congress to restore the law and urging people to register to vote.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/08/06/obama-calls-restoration-voting-rights-act/31199889/
Many died for this, and the right wing is working to destroy those efforts.
You could say, sort of, that no other issue is more important, because everything stems from voting rights.
