Local NAACP Chapter Outraged by Supreme Court Decision
JACKSON, Tenn.- Earlier this week, the Supreme Court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Their decision eases restrictions on 15 states who previously had to get federal approval to change its voting procedures. Tennessee was not among those states, but that has not stopped the state’s NAACP chapter from speaking out against the court’s decision. Today, the civil rights group held a news conference in downtown Jackson to voice their disappointment. Members said they believe losing this oversight is a set back for equality and could put the voting rights of millions of Americans at risk. “So we feel like if that if we are going to have the democracy in American then every person that qualifies ought to be able to vote and they ought not to have to go and do all of these other things,” said Gloria Sweet-Love, president of the Tennessee Chapter of the NAACP. Sweet-Love said the NAACP will continue to work with voting officials at the local, state and federal level to ensure fair and equal voting practices.
