Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith held the Senate floor for hours arguing against the removal of the ban, but GOP senators were unmoved.

The Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 3-4 against advancing a Democratic bill that would establish a “Louisiana Voting Rights Act.”

The SAVE Act, passed by the House, faces a Senate vote. Critics say it could disenfranchise millions, especially married women.

The NAACP and its all-volunteer forces changed American history, playing a critical role in the nation’s civil rights movement and in advancing policies to expand human rights, eliminate discrimination,

Democrats are laying the groundwork to oppose a photo ID bill Republicans will bring to the Senate floor Thursday, arguing that voting laws are best left to the states or that the legislation before them is too restrictive. The vote, on a proposal that ...

A voting rights rally drew a crowd to Legislative Hall in Dover on Tuesday, as supporters gathered behind a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at expanding access to the ballot in