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 Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential
nomination in 2016, will criticize restrictive voting laws passed in
some states, and argue that expanding the early voting period would
make it easier for working Americans to cast their ballots, the
campaign said.
Clinton will deliver remarks at Texas Southern University in
Houston, where she will receive the Barbara Jordan Public-Private
Leadership Award.
The campaign said Clinton "will urge Congress to move quickly to
pass legislation to repair the damage to the Voting Rights Act done
by the Supreme Court in 2013."
 The U.S. Supreme Court two years ago invalidated a section of the
1965 Voting Rights Act that required areas with a history of racial
discrimination, mainly in the South, to get federal approval for
changes to voting laws.
Since then, a number of states have approved or are considering laws
that critics say make voting harder for lower-income and minority
voters.
Clinton's campaign said she will criticize "Republicans who have
fought to curb early voting" and denounce efforts to restrict voting
in states including Texas, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Florida.
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Sponsors of the state laws targeted by Clinton and other Democrats
say they are necessary to combat voter fraud.
Democrats and civil rights groups say there is little evidence of
fraud, and that the measures are part of a Republican effort to
suppress turnout by Democratic-leaning demographic groups such as
the young, poor and minorities.
(Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Eric Walsh)
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