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.

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 ...

Notably, because Gen Z is more racially diverse than any other generation in U.S. history, restricting the voting rights of people in this age range would disenfranchise millions of nonwhite voters.

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.

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.

So, too, with voting rights for 18-to-21-year-olds, and for the right of residents of Washington, D.C., to vote for president. We can do it again, providing the American people with a real right ...

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.

Eighteen states and the District of Columbia filed a brief in federal court Tuesday opposing Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s efforts to challenge part of the 1965 Voting Rights ...

On Wednesday, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined 18 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that urges the court to uphold a ...

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.