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Why the voting rights act was passed


               
2013 Jun 29, 12:35pm   302 views  1 comment

by Dan8267   follow (4)  

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/06/28/voting_rights_and_the_supreme_court_the_impossible_literacy_test_louisiana.html

Section 4(b) of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which mandated federal oversight of changes in voting procedure in jurisdictions that have a history of using a “test or device” to impede enfranchisement. Here is one example of such a test, used in Louisiana in 1964.

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1   Tenpoundbass   2013 Jun 30, 1:49am  

Well there wont be any Hillary Clinton ticker tape parade in 2016 so don't worry about it.

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