Montgomery, AL – The chairman of the black Alabama Democratic Conference is asking the Justice Department to review whether Alabama's new ban on transferring money between political action committees violates the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Chairman Joe Reed said the new ban stops political candidates, political parties and PACs from giving to ADC's PAC, which is used to turn out minority voters. He said the new law diminishes the impact of the Voting Rights Act by diluting black influence at the polls.
Reed wrote a letter to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division seeking a review of the law, which the Legislature passed in December.
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