I'm deeply, deeply concerned about this. And it is coming after a decade plus of the U.S. supreme Court weakening legal checks, not just under the Voting Rights act. Right. You had States that were required to do reporting and to get pre-approval from the Department of Justice before they changed their voting laws. because of their historical, state specific, well documented, indisputable discrimination against black and brown people in this country trying to deprive black and brown people of their constitutionally guaranteed right to vote. (06:38–07:00)
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Asserts that certain states were previously required to get DOJ pre-approval before changing voting laws.
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