Advocacy

House Testimony for Hearing on "Legislative Proposals to Strengthen the Voting Rights Act"

October 17, 2019

President and Executive Director John C. Yang submits this testimony to the Committee on the Judiciary

President and Executive Director John C. Yang submits this testimony to the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. 

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been vital to the prevention of actual and threatened discrimination aimed at Asian Americans in national and local elections, and for increasing the community's access to the ballot.

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