Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Texas GOP Platform Calls For Repealing Voting Rights Act Of 1965

Texas GOP Platform Calls For Repealing Voting Rights Act Of 1965: The Republican Party of Texas released its platform this month, calling on Congress to repeal the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. “We urge that the Voter [sic] Rights Act of 1965 codified and updated in 1973 be repealed and not reauthorized,” the platform reads. Texas is one of nine states with a history of [...]/p