Saturday Marks National March to Renew Voting Rights Act

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"The Voting Rights Act applied to Democratic legislatures in the South," he told the Defender. "There was a Democratic House and Senate, and a Democratic governor who were all fighting to keep minorities from public offices. The original act went to the heart of the Democratic Party's actions. That's why we must have support on this matter from Republicans as well."

"They happen in aldermanic and state rep elections," he told the Defender. "People move polling locations in the middle of the night or ballots aren't counted properly or dead people are 'allowed' to vote. That's why we have to protect this act and the people's right to vote."

"I grew up with PUSH," she told the Defender. ""My father, James, was very active with Rev. Jackson and I spent a lot of time here growing up."

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Saturday Marks National March to Renew Voting Rights Act

Two busloads of nearly 100 Chicagoans left Rainbow/PUSH headquarters for Atlanta Thursday night to participate in Saturday's 40th anniversary commemoration of the historic signing of the Voting Rights Act by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

More importantly, they will participate in the "Keep the Vote Alive" march and rally to demand President George W. Bush re-authorize two key provisions of the act before...

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