How Recent Threats to the Voting Rights Act Could Erode American Democracy

This policy brief examines how recent Supreme Court decisions, most notably Shelby County v. Holder, have weakened the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by dismantling federal preclearance requirements and enabling state laws that disproportionately burden minority voters.

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November 30, 2025

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Kevin Cai

Director of Polling Initiatives

Kevin Heng Cai is the Director of Polling Initiatives at the Institute for Youth in Policy and a former Policy Fellow. He studies at Groton School in Massachusetts and previously conducted research at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

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