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Smith v. Allwright, 321 U.S. 649 (1944), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court with regard to voting rights and, by extension, racial desegregation. It overturned the Texas state law that authorized parties to set their internal rules, including the use of white primaries. The court ruled that it was unconstitutional for ...
The National Archives and Records Administration stated: "The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was the most significant statutory change in the relationship between the federal and state governments in the area of voting since the Reconstruction period following the Civil War". [10] The act contains numerous provisions that regulate elections.
Texas passes one of the most restrictive voter ID laws in the country, but it is blocked by the courts. [30] 2013. Supreme Court ruled in the 5–4 Shelby County v. Holder decision that Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. Section 4(b) stated that if states or local governments want to change their voting laws, they must ...
A conservative-backed push for stricter proof-of-citizenship requirements for voting could complicate efforts to avert a government shutdown next month. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have ...
I took my citizenship test in November 2021. I was over-prepared and lost many nights of sleep. Weeks later, I was invited to my swearing ceremony and became a naturalized citizen.
In his presidential proclamation observing National Voter Registration Day, President Joe Biden acknowledged the history of voting for Black Americans, who were “denied full citizenship and ...
As originally enacted, the Voting Rights Act also suspended the use of literacy tests in all jurisdictions in which less than 50% of voting-age residents were registered as of November 1, 1964, or had voted in the 1964 presidential election. Congress amended the Act in 1970 and expanded the ban on literacy tests to the entire country. [10]
Texas's Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday, saying the federal government was not providing the help it needed in assessing ...