He never treated that ballot like a piece of paper. No, he treated it like a receipt. And tomorrow is the anniversary of the law that decided his vote was as sacred as anyone's. The Voting Rights Act [was] the signature piece of legislation signed into law by a great president from Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson. who knew that it was foundational to our basic freedoms. LBJ said the right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. (02:06–02:20)
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Asserts that the Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
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