WASHINGTON, June 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday 8-1 refused to rule on the constitutionality of a key Voting Rights Act section requiring permission for changes in voting rules.
WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers is planning hearings into a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that reduces the scope of the Voting Rights Act.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to look at whether some state and local governments still have to get Washington's approval before making election changes.
PHILADELPHIA, April 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department says it will monitor voting in Philadelphia during Pennsylvania's presidential primary election Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush signed the Voting Rights Act reauthorization Thursday, promising to "vigorously enforce" the law.
WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- The NAACP is planning a show of force on Capitol Hill Wednesday to press the U.S. Senate for reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- African-American politicians are starting the push to renew historic voting rights legislation two years before it expires, The Washington Times reports.
ATLANTA, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- An estimated 100,000 people joined civil rights pioneers Andrew Young and the Rev. Joseph Lowery in Atlanta for the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.
CHICAGO, April 4 (UPI) -- As African-Americans marked the 37th anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination, two national black leaders called for a push to protect voting rights.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The Justice Department said Monday it will send observers to Tuesday's city council vacancy election in San Diego to protect minority voting rights.
