Chapter Twenty-Three

Voting Rights and Voting Wrongs

“The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they

are different from other men.”

—Lyndon B. Johnson

“Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the Voting Rights Act in every

redistricting cycle from and after 1970.”

—Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Americans of our own time—minority and majority Americans alike—need the continued...

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