Rally in downtown Roanoke calls for Voting Rights Act hearing
Source: | The Roanoke Times
HEATHER ROUSSEAU | The Roanoke Times
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:45 pm | Updated: 2:55 pm, Thu Jun 25, 2015.
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Protesters sing in front of the Main Library in Elmwood Park in downtown Roanoke at midday Thursday, "We don't have voting rights like we used to," to the tune of the gospel song, "We Don't Get in the Spirit Like We Used To" as vocalists and musicians from Roanoke-area churches performed onstage.
Protesters representing more than a dozen civil rights and other interest groups rallied this afternoon in downtown Roanoke on the second anniversary of the controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision that largely removed special federal review of election matters in states like Virginia with a history of racial discrimination...........
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Also-edshow just did a good segment on the March.
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Restricting access to the ballot box is fundamentally undemocratic. We must #RestoreTheVRA and the #votingrights of every American.
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http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/hundreds-come-to-roanoke-and-rally-for-voting-rights/33775976
Hundreds come to Roanoke and rally for voting rights
Congressional and State Republicans say Virginia's laws are not restrictive
WDBJ7 Reporter David Kaplan David Kaplan, [email protected]
POSTED: 05:27 PM EDT Jun 25, 2015
Thursday marks two years since the Supreme Court changed part of the Voting Rights Act making it easier for some southern states to change voting laws.
Since then, several states, including Virginia, passed laws minority groups say make it harder to vote.
Goodlatte is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee which could consider legislation that these minority and human rights groups say would make voting less restrictive.
Right now, Goodlatte says he's closely monitoring what's going on, but at this point, doesn't think a hearing is necessary.
The hundreds who came to downtown Roanoke, some from Washington D.C., beg to differ.
Ralliers were loud, large and passionate.
