Verified Voting

in 1964, the Civil Rights Act became law. It was a landmark moment in the long fight to make American democracy accessible for every eligible voter. By taking direct aim at the discriminatory barriers that had kept millions of Americans from the ballot box, it helped pave the way for the Voting Rights Act a year later—legislation that has since been significantly weakened by the Supreme Court.

Learn more about the Civil Rights Act of 1964:

Civil Rights Act (1964) EnlargeDownload Link Citation: Civil Rights Act of 1964; 7/2/1964; Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789 - 2011; General Records of the United States Government, Record Group 11; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. View All Pages in the National Archives Catalog View Transcript Thi...

DHS unlawfully fed Americans' data into a voter-screening system to flag noncitizen voters, a federal judge ruled this week. Our President & CEO, Pam Smith, weighed in on how it leaves election officials in limbo as the midterms approach in News From The States.

Trump ‘trampled’ voter privacy by feeding info into Homeland Security system, judge says The Trump administration illegally overhauled a U.S. Department of Homeland Security computer program in its hunt for noncitizen voters, a judge ruled Monday in a stinging decision that laid into federal officials for violating the privacy of millions of Americans.