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What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights. -- Rand Paul
Ever since the civil rights movement, the black church has always encouraged people to utilize their voting right, which is a right that was fought for. -- Otis Moss III
I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they became impatient for economic emancipation. -- Rand Paul
Today, unfortunately, the right to vote seems to have become a partisan issue. Democrats seek to guarantee and expand voting rights. Republicans try to undermine and suppress voting rights. -- Donna Brazile
It was the biggest suppression of voting rights in our country's history since Jim Crow. And the thread of race runs from the beginning to the end of my book. -- Sidney Blumenthal
Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government. -- Marty Meehan
We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in the community from which they have been displaced. -- Marc Morial
When it comes to voting rights, Democrats push voter protection while Republicans shout voter fraud in a crowded polling place. Democrats think anyone who can vote should vote; Republicans think everyone who should vote can vote. -- Christine Pelosi
I'm against voter fraud in any form, and I have long supported a national voter ID card. But ID cards need not - and must not - restrict voting rights in any way, shape or form. -- Andrew Young
The Edmund Pettus Bridge - which in 2013 was declared a National Historic Landmark - isn't symbolic of the Civil War in a meaningful way. It is, however, the modern-day battlefield where the voting rights movement was born. -- Douglas Brinkley
In many cases, the Treasury will get preferred or convertible preferred stock for the money it gives to banks. These shares typically don't have voting rights, possibly to give more of a hands-off appearance to the government. -- Jerry A. Webman
As a senator from the only true swing district in the Texas Senate, I've been targeted by the GOP for my outspoken criticism of their extremist attacks on public education and voting rights, to name just two examples. -- Wendy Davis
I have been a long and strong supporter of civil rights in my whole career. I led the fight to get the voting rights act re-enacted. I have been a strong supporter of affirmative action. I believe in it strongly. -- Dick Gephardt
I have a tremendous fan base. I know we have a tremendous base, we have the most incredible people. But I just don`t have any interest in that. I have one interest, and that`s on November 8th. And frankly, right now, some people are voting right now. -- Donald Trump
It's very important to vote. People died for this right. -- Lenny Kravitz
The right to vote should be considered sacred in our democracy. -- Charles B. Rangel
The greatest threat to the constitutional right to vote is voter fraud. -- Lynn Westmoreland
When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote. -- Jesse Jackson
There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics. -- Emma Goldman
Vote Love' means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote what's right for humanity. -- Macklemore
The worst an ex-con is likely to do if given the right to vote is vote for a Democrat. -- Timothy Noah
Voting is a right that has been given to every American; however, as Christ followers, our votes should reflect our God. -- Monica Johnson
There's no question that Roberts will vote like William Rehnquist... If he swings, it will be from right to far right. -- Jonathan Turley
People didn't vote left or right in the election. They voted for putting an end to all the primitive political history. -- Fatos Nano
Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process. -- Hillary Clinton
The right to vote is the right upon which all of our rights are leveraged - and without which none can be protected. -- Benjamin Jealous
The Liberal Party will not vote - no Liberal member of Parliament will vote - to take away a woman's right to choose. -- Justin Trudeau
I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something. -- Bob Weir
Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy. -- Jay Griffiths
Women risked their lives for the right to vote. When I hear people say, 'Oh, I'm not gonna vote,' I just wanna tear their heart out. -- Judy Gold
The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote. -- Carol Moseley Braun
The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately. -- Barbara Mikulski
Voting is a Constitutional right. Absent any evidence of fraud, all Americans have a protected right to vote, be they rich or poor, black, Hispanic or white, people who live in a big city or in remote rural areas. -- Juan Williams
To me, it's not necessarily about whom you vote for, it's more about the fact that you go out and exercise that right. There's a lot of people who fight for our right to vote and people in other countries fighting for other peoples' right to vote and I think everyone should exercise that vote. -- Robert Griffin III
Voting for the right is doing nothing for it. -- Henry David Thoreau
The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected. -- Thomas Paine
Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues. -- Tony Snow
In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport. -- Dick Gregory
All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong. -- Henry David Thoreau
Gay people who want to marry have no desire to redefine marriage in any way. When women got the right to vote, it did not redefine voting. -- Cynthia Nixon
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
This is nothing new. We saw this with the Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Right Act - constitutional challenges were brought to all three of these monumental pieces of legislation. -- Stephanie Cutter

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