Voting Rights
My personal experiences in Florida in recent elections testify to a simple fact: Voter suppression remains a serious threat to civil rights in 21st Century America. Marathon voting lines for low-income and minority groups, reduced early voting hours, voters purges, and voter registration restrictions, remain endemic. While our nation has made progress since the passage of the Voting Rights Act, voter discrimination remains a reality.
As a result of voters in Florida having to contend with long lines and long wait times to cast their vote on Election Day 2012, I formally requested a review by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
To read the study, please visit this link: https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-850
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November 28, 2022
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-FL) will host the grand opening of the 24th Congressional District office in Miramar, on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00
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Today, Ranking Member of the Technology Subcommittee, Frederica Wilson (D-FL), introduced H.R. 2132, the Natural Hazards Reduction Act of 2013. H.R. 2132 reauthorizes the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) and the National Windstorm Im
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June 1st marks the start of South Florida's hurricane season and Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) is launching new efforts in support of two innovative disaster-preparation and risk-reduction bills that she has authored in the U.S. Congress.
November 28, 2022
June 1st marks the start of South Florida's hurricane season and Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) is launching new efforts in support of two innovative disaster-preparation and risk-reduction bills that she has authored in the U.S. Congress.
November 28, 2022
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (FL-24) released the following statement today after the United States Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that,for nearly a half century,had required states and municipalities with his
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Voting Rights
November 28, 2022
MIAMI - Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) will host a forum about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from 10a.m. to noon, Saturday, August 31, 2013, at Pentecostal Tabernacle International church located at 18415 NW 7th Avenue, Miami Gardens, FL 33169
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Voting Rights
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Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) announced today that funding grants totaling more than $5 million have been awarded to police departments in the City of Miami Gardens, the City of Miami, the City of Opa-Locka, as well as to Miami-Dade County Pub
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Jobs
Veterans
Voting Rights
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As the nation marks the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy and its devastating accompanying floods, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) today announced actions to protect Floridians from flood insurance rate increases.
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Today, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), issued the following statement on the 47th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 6, 1965:
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Voting Rights
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Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) will hold a foreclosure prevention workshop on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, from 1:00pm to 8:00pm at The Fountain of New Life Church, 4601 NW 167th Street, Miami Gardens, Florida 33055, where Reverend Wayne Lomax i
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Veterans
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