The Voting Rights Act of 1970 lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. Here's a look at the history and the recent push by some to lower the voting age to 16.

Early voting in California began Monday and a pair of propositions on the Nov, 3 ballot would expand voting rights in California - restoring the vote for some felons and allowing 17-year-olds to ...

ATLANTA — ATLANTA – The voting age in the United States is 18, but it hasn’t always been that way. We are one week from the deadline to register to vote in the 2020 Presidential election ...

The court’s choice to punt a key redistricting case signals trouble for the future of the Voting Rights Act. Truthout is an ...

Voting Rights Act: What's next after ... June 18, 2023 5:00 AM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. Hansi Lo Wang Voting rights advocates welcomed a Supreme Court win. But the fight isn't over.

Courts have recognized a “private right of action” in the Voting Rights Act since the law’s inception. In 1966, a dispute ...

The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920, granting women the right to vote. The founding fathers saw voting as a fundamental component of the democracy and perfect union they sought to ...

With efforts to bolster the federal Voting Rights Act unlikely under Republican control of the new Congress, ... Oral arguments before an appeals panel are scheduled for Dec. 18.

We need legislation like the John Lewis Voting Rights Act to protect our democracy more than ever. I call on Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, ... Latest News June 18, 2025.

Voting rights jurisprudence is extremely complicated, ... Page 18 of the New York edition with the headline: The Justices Finally Get the Right Balance on Voting Rights.

Attorney General Dana Nessel joined 18 others urging the Eighth Circuit to uphold the VRA provision defending the right to sue over racial discrimination in voting.