This Saturday, June 25, marks the third anniversary since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in Shelby County v. Holder.
Without Congressional action to repair the VRA, 2016 will mark the first presidential election in 50 years without its full protections.
Throughout the 2016 primaries we saw voters face a variety of obstacles from reduced polling places to long lines to removal of registered voters from the rolls, and these challenges are just a canary in the coal mine for what's to come in November without the VRA's protections.