DC rally presses voting rights as midterms loom

Hundreds gathered in Washington, D.C., to demand voting rights and racial justice ahead of the midterm elections, with King’s Drum Major Institute and Al Sharpton’s groups co-hosting and highlighting ongoing struggles over redistricting and representation. The event occurs as the Supreme Court narrows the Voting Rights Act and as lawsuits challenge a federal mail-in voting order, amid urgency with ballots about to be issued for the upcoming elections.