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New York passes landmark voting rights legislation - New York Amsterdam News

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New York’s governor signed a law Monday intended to prevent local officials from enacting rules that might suppress people’s voting rights because of their race. The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, named after the late civil rights activist who [...]

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s governor signed a law Monday intended to prevent local officials from enacting rules that might suppress people’s voting rights because of their race.

Now, local governments or school districts with a record of discrimination in New York must gain approval from state officials in order to pass certain voting policies. The new state law will also expand language assistance for voters who don’t use English as a first language, and also provide legal tools to fight discriminatory voting provisions.Democrats who back the New York legislation said laws like it are still needed.

 

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