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The Case for Extending and Amending the Voting Rights Act (03/06/2006)
New ACLU report outlining the continued need for the Voting Rights Act documents 293 ACLU cases brought in 31 states to protect the right to vote and challenge discrimination in voting.

Testimony of Laughlin McDonald, Director of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project, Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee (10/25/2005)

Letter to Congress on the Conference Report on H.R. 3295, the Help America Vote Act (10/09/2002)

Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to S. 565, the Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2001, amended as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2001 (04/11/2002)

Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to Sen. Robert Smith's Exit Poll Amendment, S.A. 2933 (02/27/2002)

Letter to the House Urging Opposition to the Armey Amendment to Shays-Meehan Bill (02/13/2002)

Coalition Letter to the House Urging Opposition to Shays-Meehan Bill (02/13/2002)

ACLU Campaign Finance Reform Fact Sheet (02/12/2002)

Letter to the House in Opposition to the Shays-Meehan bill, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001 (02/12/2002)

Letter to the House on HR 3295, "Help America Vote Act of 2001" (12/11/2001)

Letter to the Senate in Opposition to Anti-Democracy Riders to the DC Appropriations Bill (10/25/2001)

Letter to Senator Richard Durbin Urging Support for the Voting Rights Act of 2001 (08/01/2001)

Testimony of ACLU President Nadine Strossen Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitutional Issues of Campaign Finance Reform Legislation (06/12/2001)