Editorials: Voting Rights Act anniversary celebrated, yet threats rising | Chicago Sun-Times When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law on Aug. 6, 1965, and when President George W. Bush renewed it in 2006, they were trying to prevent barriers to voting. It is tragic that efforts to bar millions of Americans from … Continue reading The Voting News Daily: Voting Rights Act anniversary celebrated, yet threats rising, Voting ‘reform’ across the ages