While we know that this legal battle is far from over, today’s ruling sends a clear message: Black voters in Alabama cannot and will not be silenced.
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Statement on the impact of the judicial ruling.
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there is nothing more important to me than making sure that every eligible American has a right to vote and equal access to the ballot box.
If this court strikes down these critical provisions, it would not only reverse decades of precedent, but it would also take us back to a dark time in our nation's history, a time when discrimination against minority voters went unchecked.
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