As the voting rights bill has been reauthorized over time, it was always reauthorized significantly with both Democratic and Republican votes. It's only been in the aftermath of the Shelby decision, which happened right as I came into the Senate, that voting rights has started to seem like a partisan issue. where Democrats have tried to restore some of the voting rights provisions, for example, the preclearance provisions in Section 5, but have struggled to find any Republican willing to do it. (07:37–07:49)
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Asserts that the Shelby decision marked the beginning of voting rights becoming a partisan issue.
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