Michigan Senate Democrats on Tuesday celebrated the passage of a state-focused Voting Rights Act, although the legislation now heads to the Republican-led House of Representatives, which is unlikely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Democratic New Jersey lawmakers advanced a voting rights bill in the state Senate on Thursday, marking the first hearing on the ...

The bills create a state voting rights act that prohibits state agencies or local governments from infringing on citizens' ...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday night failed to change the filibuster rule to allow voting rights legislation to pass with a simple majority. The rule change would have required 51 votes to pass ...

The House of Representatives voted 220-203, with all Democrats in support and all Republicans opposed, Thursday morning to pass a new voting rights bill called the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act ...