Things to know about the Voting Rights Act and the cases that could unravel it
- Posted on August 6, 2025
- By Star Tribune
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Things to know about the Voting Rights Act and the cases that could unravel it
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was follow-up legislation to the Civil Rights Act passed a year earlier. In a break from tradition, then-President Lyndon Johnson went to Capitol Hill to sign the bill rather than hold a signing ceremony at the White House.
