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The federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 was a critical tool in addressing racial discrimination in voting, particularly in southern states. Its most potent provision was the preclearance requirement under Section 5, which mandated that certain jurisdictions with histories of discrimination obtain federal approval before changing voting laws ...
They then passed laws that restricted voting and registration many ways that disproportionately affected African Americans, including cutting back on early voting. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] In a 2016 appellate court case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down a law that removed the first week of early voting.
Republicans in Kentucky have largely bucked the trend of state Republicans advancing partisan bills that would make voting laws more restrictive, instead backing a bipartisan bill that would make certain policies implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure voter access permanent, including a short period of early voting (prior to the ...
New state laws after 2020 that tightened rules for absentee ballots and cracked down on the availability of drop boxes may make the option less appealing than early in-person voting, election ...
Vote Early Day is a movement by a coalition of nonprofits and businesses which encourages voters to use early ballots and designates October 24 as the official “Vote Early Day”. [1] MTV and over 65 partners introduced “Vote Early Day” with the goal to become a new U.S. national civic holiday. [ 2 ]
Early in-person voting kicked off in Georgia on Tuesday -- a day after a Georgia judge ruled that county election officials may not delay or decline to certify election results over allegations of ...
A heated struggle over early voting location sites played out in the Tarrant County Commissioners Court on Thursday. After more than four hours of public comments and dozens of speakers, the court ...
In Australia, where voting is compulsory, [3] early voting is usually known as "pre-poll voting". Voters are able to cast a pre-poll vote for a number of reasons, including being away from the electorate, travelling, impending maternity, being unable to leave one's workplace, having religious beliefs that prevent attendance at a polling place, or being more than 8 km from a polling place. [4]