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Are Voting Rights Act protections still necessary? The court was right to strike down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act / John Roberts -- The court should not have struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act / John Paul Stevens -- The Congressional Voting Rights Amendment Act is vital / Ari Berman -- The Congressional Voting Rights Amendment Act is a bad idea / Hans A. von Spakovsky -- Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is vital / Sandhya Bathija -- Are states restricting voting rights? Supreme error / Richard L. Hasen -- North Carolina is protecting the integrity of voting / Mark H. Creech -- Why Pennsylvania's Voter ID Law is unconstitutional / Garrett Epps -- Winning the fight for Voter-ID / John Fund -- Texas is not restricting women's right to vote / PolitiFact -- How do voting rights apply to particular groups? Encouraging immigrants to vote strengthens democracy / Tova Andrea Wang -- Fraudulent voting by illegal immigrants is a serious problem / Jim Kouri -- Voter fraud is not a serious problem / Amy Bingham -- Felons should be enfranchised / Candice Bernd -- What Holder isn't saying about letting felons vote / Michael B. Mukasey -- Birthright / Jonathan Bernstein -- People with mental disabilities should have the right to vote / Deanna Pan -- Incompetent voters should not be allowed to vote / Jason Brennan -- Can changing voting procedures promote fairness and equality? A bipartisan path to fixing America's broken elections / Michael Waldman -- Partisanship will prevent equitable voting reform / Philip Bump -- Bilingual ballots protect voting rights / Adam Serwer -- Bilingual ballots are unnecessary and can lead to fraud / Linda Chavez -- The stakes of Florida's special election / George F. Will -- Restrictions on early voting are discriminatory / Dan Froomkin -- Ranked-choice voting in Minneapolis has contributed to inequality / Lawrence R. Jacobs and Joanne M. Miller -- Ranked-choice voting in Minneapolis has not contributed to inequality / David Schultz.