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![People hold placards with an image of the late Rep. John Lewis during a rally in support of voting rights, at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., on July 17, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1234038615-400x300.jpg)
Many Major Corporations Have Done Almost Nothing to Defend Voting Rights
More than a dozen major brands have not even signed statements in support of legislation to protect voting access.
![Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, one of the Freedom Riders who was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961, speaks to voting rights activists during a stop of Black Voters Matter's “Freedom Ride for Voting Rights” bus tour at Monroe Park on June 25, 2021, in Richmond, Virginia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1325508090-400x300.jpg)
How Virginia Won the South’s Strongest Voting Rights Act
Activists say they modeled the law after the federal Voting Rights Act that has been gutted in two Supreme Court cases.
![President Joe Biden participates in a CNN Town Hall hosted by Don Lemon at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 21, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/2021_0722-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Defending Filibuster, Biden Insists Republicans “Know Better” on Voting Rights
Biden insists Republicans can be won over as they continue working aggressively to curtail voting in dozens of states.
![Gretchen Whitmer is seen at the United Precinct Delegates office in Detroit, Michigan, on December 19, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/2021_0715-gretchen-whitmer-400x300.jpg)
Michigan GOP Touts Scheme to Ram Through Voting Restrictions Over Whitmer’s Veto
Republicans plan to use the state’s citizen initiative process to circumvent the governor’s veto.
![Sen. Raphael Warnock walks in the Capitol on July 13, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0715-raphael-warnock-400x300.jpg)
Warnock: “Shame on Us” If We’re More Committed to Filibuster Than Voting Rights
The Georgia senator applauded Texas Democrats for leaving their state to thwart a GOP attack on voting rights.
![Progressive voting rights advocates and union members rally outside the Texas State Capitol on July 13, 2021, in support of more than 50 Democratic lawmakers who left the state in order to break quorum.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/1-400x300.jpg)
Biden Is Silent on Filibuster as Texas Dems Face Arrest to Protect Voting Rights
Biden faces rising pressure to throw his full political weight behind ending the filibuster and defending voting rights.
![House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee Chairman James Clyburn speaks at a hearing on September 1, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0713-james-clyburn-400x300.jpg)
House Democrats Push for Voting Rights Exception to Filibuster
Democrats are exhausting every avenue to get voting rights passed, but key figures like the president are holding out.
![Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a border security briefing at the Texas State Capitol on July 10, 2021, in Austin, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0713-greg-abbott-400x300.jpg)
Texas Gov. Threatens to Arrest Dem Lawmakers Fleeing to Block Voter Restrictions
Texas Democrats are in Washington to push for passage of the For the People Act to protect against voting restrictions.
![House Majority Whip James Clyburn speaks during a news conference to introduce H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C, on February 26, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/2021_0712-jim-clyburn-400x300.jpg)
Democrats Should Carve Out Exemption in Filibuster to Protect Voting Rights
The Senate has drilled three major holes in the filibuster since 1917. It's time to drill another one.
![Residents of Baltimore City line up to cast their votes in the U.S. Presidential and local congressional elections at Carver Vocational Technical School on November 3, 2020, in Baltimore, Maryland.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0702-voting-line-400x300.jpg)
Poll Finds Majority of Americans Worry More About Access to Voting Than Fraud
Two-thirds of Americans, according to the poll, also worry that democracy in America is under threat.