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Apr
29
2026
PRESS RELEASE

Attorney General Aaron Ford Slams Supreme Court Gutting the Voting Rights Act

Attorney General Aaron Ford released the following statement on the Supreme Court ruling curtailing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act:

“The MAGA Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act today is the latest episode in a long, ugly history of our government shamelessly attacking Black Americans’ voting rights. This ruling hands states a license to blatantly discriminate against people already forced to fight through extreme obstacles just to cast a ballot thanks to Trump’s campaign to intimidate voters at the polls and his war on mail-in voting.

“Joe Lombardo won’t lift a finger while the federal government takes a sledgehammer to Nevadans’ civil rights. That tells you everything about who he is and whose side he’s on. As Attorney General, I have been fighting to protect our constitutional right to vote, and as Governor, I will continue that fight with every ounce of my resolve. Our path out of Trump and his cronies’ regime of disenfranchisement will be a long one. But I won’t back down.”