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Leahy, Sanders Dismayed By Voting Rights Act Decision

Vermont’s U.S. Senators are expressing dismay over today’s Supreme Court ruling striking down a central provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. 

Senator Patrick Leahy said the court’s action means those who were protected by the law will likely face greater difficulty casting ballots in future elections.

“They’ve gutted the most important part of the Voting Right Act, the part that serves to protect millions of Americans from discrimination in voting. Those millions of Americans are now going to face the real possibility, in many cases probability of discrimination in voting," Leahy said.

Leahy, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he will now work to strengthen and reconstitute the Voting Rights Act.

Senator Bernie Sanders has also spoken out against the ruling. 

“The Supreme Court has turned back the clock on equality in America," Sanders said.

Steve has been with VPR since 1994, first serving as host of VPR’s public affairs program and then as a reporter, based in Central Vermont. Many VPR listeners recognize Steve for his special reports from Iran, providing a glimpse of this country that is usually hidden from the rest of the world. Prior to working with VPR, Steve served as program director for WNCS for 17 years, and also worked as news director for WCVR in Randolph. A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Steve also worked for stations in Phoenix and Tucson before moving to Vermont in 1972. Steve has been honored multiple times with national and regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his VPR reporting, including a 2011 win for best documentary for his report, Afghanistan's Other War.
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