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Miller backs extending Voting Rights Act beyond 1982
Andrew Miller, Virginia former attorney general and Senate candidate, urges extending the Voting Rights Act past 1982 and broadening it to cover more states at a meeting with Black leaders in Richmond. The act, dating from 1965, targets states with histories of suppressed Black voter participation.
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