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June 8, 2023

Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03), Terri Sewell (AL-07), Marc Veasey (TX-33) and Nikema Williams (GA-05), the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court issued their decision in Allen v. Milligan, striking down Alabama's racially-gerrymandered congressional map.


August 6, 2021

WASHINGTON - Today marks 56 years since the enactment of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The VRA is a critical piece of legislation that fights against voter suppression by abolishing discriminatory voting practices and requires federal oversight of election changes in states with a history of voter discrimination.


July 15, 2021

WASHINGTON – The co-chairs of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus issued the following statement in response to President Joe Biden's speech on voting rights today.


June 22, 2021

WASHINGTON – Just days before the 8th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Shelby v. Holder decision, the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus announced that Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) will serve as co-chair of the Caucus.


April 5, 2021

WASHINGTON - Today, Reps. Marc Veasey (TX-33) Terri Sewell (AL-07) and Bobby Scott (VA-03), co-founders and co-chairs of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus (CVRC), released the following statement condemning the recent spate of voter suppression laws designed to undermine communities of color of their right to the ballot box:


October 21, 2019

Washington, D.C. – On the heels of National Voter Registration Day, Congressman Veasey today led a letter with the entire Texas Democratic Delegation in demanding information about the state of Texas' efforts to address any vulnerabilities in the state's election infrastructure and general administration in advance of the 2020 election cycle.


October 21, 2019

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus, reintroduced a bicameral resolution with Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) to designate this month as "National Voting Rights Month".


October 21, 2019

An Iowa judge has upheld voter ID as allowable under the Iowa Constitution but struck down as unconstitutional portions of a 2017 voting reform law challenged by a Hispanic civil rights group and an Iowa State University student.


October 21, 2019

Georgia announced in July that it had chosen a new method of conducting elections after a contentious 2018 gubernatorial election left voting rights activists questioning the integrity of the state's voting system.


October 21, 2019

A state purge removed 182,858 names from Ohio's voter registration rolls, a number that will grow because data from five counties — including metropolitan Summit, Cuyahoga and Lucas — were not included.