Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Texas GOP Platform Calls For Repealing Voting Rights Act Of 1965

Texas GOP Platform Calls For Repealing Voting Rights Act Of 1965 

 The Republican Party of Texas released its platform this month, calling on Congress to repeal the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. “We urge that the Voter [sic] Rights Act of 1965 codified and updated in 1973 be repealed and not reauthorized,” the platform reads. Texas is one of nine states with a history of racial discrimination that must get clearance from the Department of Justice before altering its voting laws.

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