{"id":13298,"date":"2015-06-24T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/we-still-need-the-voting-rights-act\/"},"modified":"2015-06-24T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T20:30:00","slug":"kailangan-pa-rin-natin-ang-voting-rights-act","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/articles\/we-still-need-the-voting-rights-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Kailangan pa rin natin ang Voting Rights Act"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13298","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"When the Voting Rights Act was in full force, the federal government could prevent states from erecting these kinds of barriers to the ballot box.  Now, thousands of people are unable to vote because of one Supreme Court decision.","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":13299}","{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":13115}"],"related_issues":[169,2066],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Naaalala mo ba noong unang beses kang bumoto? Marahil ito ay sa sandaling ikaw ay naging labing-walo, isang matingkad na mata, bushy-tailed, caffeine-fueled college freshman. Ginawa mo ang iyong pananaliksik at nag-isip nang kritikal tungkol sa mga kandidato at mga isyu. Pumunta ka pa sa oras ng opisina ng iyong Poli-Sci professor!<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ngayon isipin, pagkatapos mong gawin ang lahat ng iyon, tinalikuran ka. Maaaring ito ay para sa isang kadahilanan na walang halaga gaya ng iyong ID na walang larawan, nasa labas ng bayan sa Araw ng Halalan, o walang masasakyan sa istasyon ng pagboto.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Kapag ang batas ng mga karapatan sa pagboto ay ganap na, maaaring pigilan ng pederal na pamahalaan ang mga estado na magtayo ng mga ganitong uri ng mga hadlang sa kahon ng balota.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Ngayon, libu-libong tao ang hindi makakaboto dahil sa isang desisyon ng Korte Suprema.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Sa <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/case-files\/cases\/shelby-county-v-holder\/\"><em>Shelby County laban sa May hawak<\/em><\/a>, inalis ng Korte ang mga probisyon ng <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/crt\/about\/vot\/intro\/intro_b.php\">Batas sa Mga Karapatan sa Pagboto ng 1965<\/a> that required states and municipalities with histories of restricting voter access to obtain Justice Department approval before altering their voting laws. The 5-4 majority thought the VRA's coverage formula was outdated, and left room for Congress to enact a new one. Two years later, however, Congress hasn&rsquo;t made a move.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Bagama&#039;t marami ang nangangamba na ang desisyong ito ay lumikha ng mga pagkakataon para sa estado at lokal na mga mambabatas na magpasa ng mga batas na nag-aalis ng karapatan sa ilang komunidad o pumapabor sa mga partikular na partido at kandidato, kakaunti ang nakaakala kung gaano kabilis ang pagkilos. sa <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/jun\/25\/texas-voter-id-supreme-court-decision\">napaka araw<\/a> ng <em>Shelby<\/em> sa desisyon, inihayag ng mga mambabatas sa Texas ang pagpapatupad ng batas sa pagboto na nangangailangan ng pagkakakilanlan ng larawan kapag bumoto sa mga halalan, isang plano na dati nang hinarang ng Justice Department. Ayon kay a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/analysis\/shelby-county-one-year-later#_edn6\">pederal na hukuman<\/a>, ang batas ay parehong &quot;mas matimbang sa mahihirap&quot; at magkakaroon ng malinaw na epekto sa lahi dahil &quot;ang mga minorya sa Texas ay malamang na mabuhay sa kahirapan.&quot; Sa susunod na ilang buwan, ang Mississippi, North Carolina, at Alabama ay nagpasa ng katulad na kontrobersyal na mga batas sa ID ng botante nang walang anumang mekanismo upang suriin ang mga hakbang na ito.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ang desisyon ng Korte Suprema sa <em>Shelby<\/em> ay esensyal na ginawa ang Voting Rights Act na walang ngipin, hindi maipatupad ang mga probisyon na nagpoprotekta sa mga karapatan ng mga botante sa lahat ng dako. Sa mga salita ng <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/ws\/?pid=43215\">Ronald Reagan<\/a>, &ldquo;the right to vote is the crown jewel of American liberties, and we will not see its luster diminished.&rdquo; Restoring the Voting Rights Act's protections will ensure that our jewel keeps shining.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Maaari kang kumilos sa pamamagitan ng pakikipag-ugnayan sa iyong mga mambabatas <a href=\"https:\/\/secure2.convio.net\/comcau\/site\/Advocacy?cmd=display&amp;page=UserAction&amp;id=785&amp;s_subsrc=blog\">dito<\/a>, o sa pamamagitan ng personal na pagsali sa amin sa Huwebes, Hunyo 25<sup>ika<\/sup> sa <a href=\"http:\/\/vrafortoday.org\">Rally para sa Mga Karapatan sa Pagboto at Ating Demokrasya<\/a> sa Roanoke, Virginia.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We still need the Voting Rights Act - 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