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At the same time, the act requires list maintenance programs to incorporate specific safeguards, e.g., they must be uniform, non-discriminatory, in compliance with the Voting Rights Act, and not be undertaken within 90 days of a federal election.
Voting Rights Act, amendments of 1975; Long title: An Act to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend certain provisions for an additional seven years, to make permanent the ban against certain prerequisites to voting, and for other purposes: Enacted by: the 94th United States Congress: Effective: August 6, 1975: Citations; Public law: 94 ...
Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013), is a landmark decision [1] of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the constitutionality of two provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: Section 5, which requires certain states and local governments to obtain federal preclearance before implementing any changes to their voting laws or practices; and subsection (b) of Section 4 ...
Voting yes to this amendment would make district school board elections partisan and candidates' political parties would be listed with their names on ballots. Voting no would leave the races ...
Democrats and voting rights activists had warned that some states would enact such laws after a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision eliminated a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
The League fought for the 1982 Amendments to the Voting Rights Act [68] and in the 1990s was important in the passage of National Voter Registration Act of 1993, popularly known as the Motor Voter Act. [69] [70] The act requires states to offer voter registration at all driver's license agencies, at social service agencies, and through the mail.
The right to vote is protected at the federal level by the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits restricting a citizen's right to vote based on race or color as well as prohibiting state and local ...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement on August 6, 1965, and Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections ...