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Supreme Court tossed out heart of Voting Rights Act, next ruling could go further

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Betty Shinn talks to a neighbor and her neighbor's friend at a coffee shop in in Mobile, Ala. on June 2, 2023. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. Republican-led states continue to pass voting restrictions that, in several cases, would have been subject to federal review had the court left the provision intact. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Supreme Court tossed out heart of Voting Rights Act, next ruling could go further

ATLANTA (AP) — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID...

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