Delaware Enacts Historic Voting Rights Protections
As federal courts continue to erode the Voting Rights Act, Delaware’s landmark law establishes crucial state-level protections against voter discrimination. This legislation safeguards Black political power at a moment when conservative attacks on civil rights and ballot access are intensifying nationwide.
WILMINGTON, Delaware — Wearing his Sunday best, Corey Gordon Jr. drove 30 minutes to Shiloh Baptist Church in Wilmington, Delaware, to witness a historic event that would impact his fundamental right to vote. The 22-year-old graduate of the University of Delaware saw firsthand how anti-diversity backlash could unsettle a campus.