Advancing Safe, Secure, Accessible Elections
Advancing Safe, Secure, Accessible Elections
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is an independent, bipartisan commission whose mission is to help election officials improve the administration of elections and help Americans participate in the voting process.
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Black Voting Rights: A Reflection on the Selma to Montgomery Marches
February 27, 2024
EAC Commissioners McCormick and Hicks discussed the history of Black voting rights, centered on the 1965 marches in Alabama, from Selma to Montgomery. They discussed the historical importance of this march for Civil Rights, how it continues to impact voting rights for Black Americans, and the emotions that it generates in those who originally participated then and those who celebrate its anniversary now.