POLITICAL ACTION IN DANE COUNTY

WISCONSIN NAACP Holds Press Conference Urging Congress to the Pass Bipartisan VRAA Bill 

One  year after the Shelby v. Holder decision, the NAACP urges Congress to protect  voting rights and pass the Voting Rights Amendment Act 

Who:
Wendell J. Harris, Sr., 1st  Vice President –NAACP Wisconsin Conference of  Branches
Gregory C. Jones, Political Action Chair – NAACP Wisconsin  Conference of Branches & NAACP Dane County  Branch

 What:
On Wednesday, June 25th at 2:30 p.m., the NAACP Wisconsin State Conference hosted a press conference urging Congress to pass the Voting Rights Amendment Act (VRAA). During this event, speakers discussed the critical need to protect Wisconsin voters from discrimination and highlight  recent examples of voter discrimination in the  state. 
 
The VRAA would provide common sense solutions to prevent  discrimination against all voters regardless of race, including remedies to  address current discrimination as it is occurring, an ability to review voting  changes in places that have engaged in discrimination in the present and recent  past, and better public notification of potential voting changes to enhance  accountability.
 
Last June in Shelby  County v. Holder, the Supreme Court invalidated a key section  of the Voting Rights Act. As part of the decision, the Supreme Court invited  Congress to revise the VRA to provide for protections against voting  discrimination that reflect current  circumstances.    
 
When/Where:
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
2:30 p.m.
Robert W. Kastenmeier U.S.  Courthouse
120 N. Henry Street
Madison, WI  
53703

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