Chief Justice John Roberts was wrong about voting rights when he gutted the Voting Rights Act. If he's wrong again in 2021, we'll be ready

Friend, as Republican lawmakers attempt to push nearly 400 voting restriction bills through state legislatures, the Supreme Court is [poised]( to issue a pivotal decision that could further change the scope of federal voting protections for frontline communities. Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee could roll back one of the Voting Rights Act’s (VRA) most crucial components — making it illegal to deny or abridge the right to vote on account of race. [Chip in $5 to grassroots organizations in battleground states already working to register, educate, mobilize, and empower voters — particularly the winning coalition of Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, first time and rural voters that coalesced during the 2020 election.]( [DONATE]( We've been here before. In 2013, John Roberts' Supreme Court gutted the preclearance provision of the VRA, robbing the government of vital tools to protect voting rights. The effects were immediate. The Shelby County decision opened the floodgates to laws restricting voting throughout the United States. Within 24 hours of the ruling, Texas [attempted]( to implement a strict photo ID law that discriminated against Black, Latinx, and low-income voters. A North Carolina law was so heinous, it was eventually [overturned]( for targeting “African Americans with almost surgical precision.” Other states [followed]( — engaging in aggressive voter purges, passing egregiously gerrymandered maps, ending voter legislation drives, and enforcing other laws that had previously been barred due to VRA protections. A decision in Brnovich is imminent. We don't have to guess at how Republicans will respond if Arizona's discriminatory laws are upheld. They have shown us every time they validate Trump's Big Lie, pass a new restriction on voting, or block pro-democracy legislation like the For the People Act (HR1/S1). This time, if the Court fails once again to safeguard our democracy, progressive grassroots organizations are ready to pick up the slack. [Every step we’ve taken toward progress — including passing the Voting Rights Act — has been met with resistance, and we have proven every time that there are people willing to rise against any challenge. We have done so by building movements so large and powerful that our voices are impossible to ignore. So no matter how the Supreme Court rules in Brnovich, our partners in battleground states across the country are ready to defend our democracy. If you can, please chip in $5 today to support their efforts to protect and expand voting rights.]( [DONATE]( Keep fighting, Monique Teal, Daily Kos Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Daily Kos, please [click here](.