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Voting Rights

The Open Society Foundations support efforts to help realize equal access to the ballot for underrepresented and marginalized constituencies.

Open Society Voices

Three Myths About the Voting Rights Act

March 1, 2013 by Laleh Ispahani 6

There’s much at stake in the Voting Rights Act case, including the fundamental question of whether Congress has the power to ensure equal opportunity to participate in our democracy.

Voting Rights Are an American Entitlement

February 28, 2013 by Elizabeth Wydra

Who gets to decide when the problem of racial discrimination in voting is solved? Learn more in this breakdown of yesterday's Supreme Court heard arguments on Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

Do This at Home: A Texas How-to Guide on Protecting the Vote

November 30, 2012 by Christina Sanders

The Texas League of Young Voters stood together with other voting rights advocates to relentlessly advocate for minority voters.