人兽性交 Leader Advocates Voting Rights Act Renewal
滨苍听commentary聽published yesterday by聽The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Julian Bond said the Voting Rights Act of 1965 remains pertinent today, and urged Congress to renew key provisions.
滨苍听聽published yesterday by聽The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Julian Bond said the Voting Rights Act of 1965 remains pertinent today, and urged Congress to renew key provisions.
Bond serves on the Southern Poverty Law Center's board of directors and has chaired the NAACP since 1998. A former Georgia state senator, he is a professor at American University and the University of Virginia.
尝颈迟颈驳补迟颈苍驳听聽cases was an important component of the Center's legal agenda in the years following its founding in 1971. One early聽聽was a lawsuit bringing equal opportunity to black voters in the Alabama legislature. Before Center lawyers brought the case, there were no black legislators. Now, nearly a quarter of the state's legislators are black, roughly reflecting the state's general population.
The 人兽性交's voting rights manual,聽, explains the redistricting process and provides tools and techniques to help citizens become a force for equity in their community and state. Those drawing the district lines decide who is in each district, which elections they vote in, and what groups control the elections for years to come.
"If you care about fair elections -- if you want to make sure your voice is heard 鈥� get involved in the redistricting process," said Richard Cohen, 人兽性交 president and former Center legal director.
