Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to overcome state and local governmental barriers in place to keep African-Americans from exercising their Fifteenth Amendment right to vote. [Pictured: President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Martin Luther King, Jr.at the signing of the Voting ...
Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to overcome state and local governmental barriers in place to keep African-Americans from exercising their Fifteenth Amendment right to vote. [Pictured: President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Martin Luther King, Jr.at the signing of the Voting Rights ...
t last in making a decision for weeks since the election is so close. I have some final thoughts to share with you as we move forward in the days ahead. I have some opinions about voting on election day, how do you get your information about voting, and a few anecdotes about what I...
results. In the immediate aftermath of the election, Johnson advanced the spurious allegation that voting software used in the election was suspect because it had supposedly come from theauthoritarianregime that ruledVenezuela. However, it was his later argument—thatCOVID-19pandemic–related changes ...
1:16 a.m. 23:19:58, October 26, 2023 NOW: House speaker vote underway From CNN staff Republican stand as Rep. Elise Stefanik nominates Rep. Mike Johnson to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25. Alex Brandon/AP The House is voting now to...