Protections of the Voting Rights Act are under threat as the law marks its 60th anniversary
August 6, 2025
The Voting Rights Act was signed into law 60 years ago but has been slowly eroding for more than a decade. That erosion started with a 2013 Supreme Court decision ending the requirement that all or parts of 15 states with a history of discrimination in voting get federal approval before changing the way they hold elections. The court upheld a key part of the law in 2023. But in the court’s upcoming term it’s scheduled to hear a case that could roll back that decision and another that would effectively neuter the law. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund says the Voting Rights Act is at “a critical juncture.”