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	ACLU :: Voting Rights Act :: ACLU Voting Rights :: Home
		On March 7th, 1965, voting rights marchers in Selma were viciously attacked by Alabama state police while peacefully protesting for the right to vote.
		Renew the Voting Rights Act” with the release of two comprehensive reports documenting continuing discrimination in voting against racial minorities and the key policy issues associated with renewal of the expiring provisions of the VRA.
		In July 2006, the Senate reauthorized the Voting Rights Act on a vote of 98 to 0.
	www.votingrights.org (429 words)

	Voting Rights Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The act also provided for DOJ oversight to registration, and the Department's approval for any change in voting law in districts whose populations were at least 5% African-American.
		The act has been used to protect minority and poor voters but in May, 2006 it has been used to protect white voters in Mississippi who were being intimidated to vote by fl election officials.
		Especially since the right to exercise the franchise in a free and unimpaired manner is preservative of other basic civil and political rights, any alleged infringement of the right of citizens to vote must be carefully and meticulously scrutinized.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Voting_Rights_Act (658 words)

	Cumulative Voting and the Voting Rights Act
		Cumulative voting is not prohibited by the so-called anti-proportional representation disclaimer of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
		Since cumulative voting allows the racial minority the same power to elect candidates of their choice as the racial majority, but does not guarantee the racial makeup of the governmental body, there is no violation of the proviso.
		Cumulative voting is a promising alternative to both traditional at-large elections, with their tendency to exclude minority groups from the political process, and single-member district systems, with their fragmentation of the electorate and requirement that courts or politicians allocate voters among constituencies.
	www.fairvote.org /reports/1995/chp5/still.html (3107 words)

	Voting Rights Act 1965 - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Voting Rights Act 1965
		The act prohibited literacy tests and poll taxes, which had been used to prevent fls from voting, and provided for the appointment of federal voting examiners with the authority to register voters in areas not meeting certain existing voter participation requirements.
		It applied a nationwide prohibition of denial or abridgement of the right to vote on account of race or colour, and made interference with legally conferred voting rights a criminal offence.
		The Voting Rights Act was readopted and strengthened in 1970, 1975, and 1982.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Voting+Rights+Act+1965 (237 words)

	The Avalon Project : Voting Rights Act of 1965; August 6, 1965
		No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.
		Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.
		If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of the provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/statutes/voting_rights_1965.htm (1399 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Op-ed / Renew Voting Rights Act now
		Implemented at the height of the civil rights movement, the Voting Rights Act was designed to protect the right to vote as articulated by the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution, and it reflects the intent of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964.
		With the US Congress, President Bush can extend the life of the Voting Rights Act and focus on election protections, universal franchise rights for youth, and a federalized voting process that is accessible and fair.
		When the Voting Rights Act was first signed into law in 1965, these troublesome districts were located primarily in Southern states where poll taxes, literacy tests, and voter intimidation were the means used to enforce race-based apartheid.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/03/26/renew_voting_rights_act_now (755 words)

	The History of CORE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Voting Rights Act of 1965, meant to reverse this disenfranchisement, grew out of both public protest and private political negotiation.
		The resolution, signed into law on August 6, 1965, empowered the federal government to oversee voter registration and elections in counties that had used tests to determine voter eligibility or where registration or turnout had been less than 50 percent in the 1964 presidential election.
		The Voting Rights Act was extended in 1970, 1975, and 1982 and despite some setbacks and debates, the Voting Rights Act had an enormous impact.
	www.core-online.org /history/voting_rights.htm (474 words)

	The 1965 Voting Rights Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 1965 Voting Rights Act was a natural follow on to the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
		The Act was the boost that the civil rights cause needed to move it swiftly along and Johnson has to take full credit for this.
		In 1968, another Civil Rights Act was passed which prohibited racial discrimination in the sale or rental of houses.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /1965_voting_rights_act.htm (436 words)

	usnews.com: The People's Vote: Voting Rights Act (1965)
		This “act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution” was signed into law 95 years after the amendment was ratified.
		Because 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, it was immediately challenged in the courts.
		The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was readopted and strengthened in 1970, 1975, and 1982.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/documents/docpages/document_page100.htm (553 words)

	The 40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
		In 1961, the civil rights activist John Lewis was beaten by a southern mob for using a white restroom.
		As with legal segregation, voting rights was entwined with “states’ rights,” the decentralized federal system under which many functions other countries accomplish on the national level are in America handled by the fifty states.
		The Voting Rights Act accordingly authorized the federal government to assume control of the voter registration process in any state or voting district that in 1964 had employed a literacy or other qualifying test and in which fewer than half of voting age residents had either registered or voted.
	usinfo.state.gov /usa/civilrights/votingsf.htm (2026 words)

	ACLU :: Voting Rights Act :: ACLU Voting Rights :: About the VRA
		The genius of the Voting Rights Act was not just that it abolished literacy and other tests, which had been used to deny fls and other minorities the right to vote.
		States' rights politicians deeply resented the fact that they had to show that voting changes they wanted to implement had neither a discriminatory purpose or effect, yet the Voting Rights Act has proven to be one of the most successful civil rights laws in American history.
		Yet, having that right legally is meaningless if certain groups of people (such as the disabled or those with limited English proficiency) are unable to accurately cast their ballot at the polls.
	www.votingrights.org /more.php (3237 words)

	Before The Voting Rights Act
		In 1870 the 15th Amendment was ratified, which provided specifically that the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged on the basis of race, color or previous condition of servitude.
		Congress then enacted the Enforcement Act of 1870, which contained criminal penalties for interference with the right to vote, and the Force Act of 1871, which provided for federal election oversight.
		The 1957 Act created the Civil Rights Division within the Department of Justice and the Commission on Civil Rights; the Attorney General was given authority to intervene in and institute lawsuits seeking injunctive relief against violations of the 15th Amendment.
	www.usdoj.gov /crt/voting/intro/intro_a.htm (996 words)

	SPLCenter.org: Civil rights heroes call for Voting Rights Act renewal
		August 4, 2005 -- Days before the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, many of those who marched for its passage gathered to recall their struggle and call for the act's renewal.
		"The denial of the right to vote was a dehumanization process," Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference told a packed audience yesterday at the Alabama State Capitol.
		The show is intended to commemorate the significance of the Voting Rights Act, parts of which are scheduled to expire in 2007, and discuss ways to engage more youth in the political process.
	www.splcenter.org /news/item.jsp?aid=119 (527 words)

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		The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a significant piece of legislation that guarantees the right to vote to African American citizens.
		As a result of the Act, the national government intervened in areas where African Americans were denied the right to vote.
		Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act requires certain areas of the country to obtain ìpreclearanceî from the US Attorney General or the US District Court for the District of Columbia for any changes with reference to voting.
	www.fairvote.org /vra/vra.htm (439 words)

	VOTING RIGHTS ACT / The right to vote still under assault after 40 years / Key provisions of anti-bias law are up for ...
		As civil rights advocates launch a campaign to renew provisions that will expire in 2007, the law is still invoked in election discrimination debates stretching from Georgia's gerrymandered congressional districts to Monterey County's sprawling farmland.
		When the Voting Rights Act first passed, white politicians in Southern states attempted to redraw district lines in such ways that fls could not be elected, according to Raymond Wolfinger, a political science professor at UC Berkeley who specializes in voting issues.
		Some civil rights advocates argue that lumping minorities into their own districts dilutes the impact their votes would have if they were spread out over a larger area.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/05/MNG1ME3JJG1.DTL (1536 words)

	Introduction To Federal Voting Rights Laws
		The Voting Rights Act, adopted initially in 1965 and extended in 1970, 1975, and 1982, is generally considered the most successful piece of civil rights legislation ever adopted by the United States Congress.
		The Act codifies and effectuates the 15th Amendment's permanent guarantee that, throughout the nation, no person shall be denied the right to vote on account of race or color.
		Enforcement of the Act has also increased the opportunity of fl and Latino voters to elect representatives of their choice by providing a vehicle for challenging discriminatory election methods such as at-large elections, racially gerrymandered districting plans, or runoff requirements that may dilute minority voting strength.
	www.usdoj.gov /crt/voting/intro/intro.htm (511 words)

	American Civil Liberties Union : Voting Rights
		The ACLU's Voting Rights Project has worked to protect the gains in political participation won by racial and language minorities since passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and is working to renew and restore these rights in three crucial sections of the VRA set to expire in 2007.
		Renew the Voting Rights Act" to raise public awareness and urge Congress to reauthorize expiring sections of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.
		The ACLU monitored election polls nationally and is responding to incidents of voter intimidation, vote suppression or election foul-ups in Minnesota, Ohio, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Florida.
	www.aclu.org /votingrights (623 words)

	Keep the Voting Rights Act Alive -- In These Times
		A major march is on tap for August 6 in Atlanta to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and to mobilize support for extension of some of the Act’s provisions.
		The Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965 during the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson after a decade of civil rights activism revealed the deep roots of opposition to fl enfranchisement.
		The civil rights movement fought to strengthen the 15th Amendment and helped produce the Voting Rights Act, which further mandated that no federal, state or local government shall impede or discourage people from registering to vote or voting because of their race.
	www.inthesetimes.com /site/main/article/2273 (1458 words)

	The Lonely Centrist: Judge Roberts and the Voting Rights Act
		What Hasen really means is that Roberts won't support the bastardized version of voting rights based on Supreme Court interpretations of Amendments to the the Voting Rights Act that Congress adopted in 1982.
		Because fls vote overwhelmingly Democratic, Republicans have cynically used this to increase their representation - fl Democrats win a couple seats by big margins, but there are fewer Democrats elsewhere, and so more Republicans are elected.
		Finally, the 1982 Amendments to the Voting Rights Act are contrary to the legislative process on which the country was founded, and for that reason they are constitutionally suspect: Justices Scalia and Thomas would hold them unconstitutional, (Holder v.
	thelonelycentrist.blogspot.com /2005/08/judge-roberts-and-voting-rights-act.html (861 words)

	TomPaine.com - Ballot Box Equality
		Stuart Comstock-Gay is Executive Director of the National Voting Rights Institute, which is a proud member of the coalition seeking to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act.
		It is difficult to imagine a law more important to American democracy and civil rights than the Voting Rights Act of 1965. ; To find another law that more fundamentally altered the way American democracy works, you have to go back to the Civil War era 14th and 15th Amendments.
		As a result, the department has begun proceedings against the city for failing to meet the Voting Rights Act needs of language minorities. During the last election, observers were sent to locations in a total of 25 states, and the provision remains important in protecting the right to vote.
	www.tompaine.com /articles/2005/08/05/ballot_box_equality.php (362 words)

	Extend the Voting Rights Act
		Saturday, August 6, marks the fortieth anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's signing into law of the Voting Rights Act, considered by many to be the most comprehensive civil rights law ever passed.
		It's served as both bedrock and precedent legislation for the voting rights of non-white citizens of this country.
		But civil rights advocates and their allies asserted that the Reagan administration was insensitive to the deep-rooted realities of race and discrimination - nowhere more so, perhaps, than on a need to strengthen the Voting Rights Act.
	www.thenation.com /blogs/actnow?pid=10483 (915 words)

	Voting Rights Act of 1965
		After this act was passed, Mississippi native Georgia Clark finally took the opportunity to register.
		This a picture of a voting rights demonstration in McComb, Miss., in 1962.
		Well, as I recall, in our constitution they had in there a requirement that anybody applying to vote would have to be able to read and interpret the constitution, which was more of a gimmick than anything else.
	www.usm.edu /crdp/html/cd/vra65.htm (252 words)

	civilrights.org -- The Voting Rights Act at 40: The Battle is Not Yet Over
		As the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) draws near, civil rights groups and voting rights experts around the country are working to ensure that the public understands the importance of this historic legislation and the continued need to ensure that the right to vote is secured for all Americans.
		The VRA has been subject to litigation since it was enacted that has threatened to erode decades of progress for ethnic and language minorities by limiting the effectiveness of Section 5, in particular, in protecting voting rights.
		Civil rights groups and voting rights experts are celebrating 40 years of unparalleled access to voting for all Americans, but as LCCR Executive Director Wade Henderson said in a statement marking the anniversary, "There is no better way to celebrate the VRA than to recommit the nation to preserving and strengthening the Act."
	www.civilrights.org /issues/voting/details.cfm?id=34396 (659 words)

	The Voting Rights Act Of 1965
		Section 2 of the Act, which closely followed the language of the 15th amendment, applied a nationwide prohibition against the denial or abridgment of the right to vote on the literacy tests on a nationwide basis.
		Among its other provisions, the Act contained special enforcement provisions targeted at those areas of the country where Congress believed the potential for discrimination to be the greatest.
		Congress had found that case-by-case litigation was inadequate to combat wide-spread and persistent discrimination in voting, because of the inordinate amount of time and energy required to overcome the obstructionist tactics invariably encountered in these lawsuits.
	www.usdoj.gov /crt/voting/intro/intro_b.htm (757 words)

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