Voting Rights Legislative Round-Up

Voting rights successes and battles still to come.

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The Battle Ahead - The Battle Ahead: In the war against efforts across the U.S. to disenfranchise voters, particularly people of color, students and low-income voters, civil rights and advocacy groups had some bittersweet wins and a few outright victories. For this election — and beyond — the NAACP has pledged to monitor South Carolina, Pennsylvania and several other key states. —NAACP and BET.com (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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