DOJ Section 5 Objections of Voting Rights Act
by Steven Davies on Jun 26, 2013 | Views: 307 | Score: 0
| Objections | |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4 |
| 2001 | 7 |
| 2002 | 20 |
| 2003 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2013 | 1 |
Number of DOJ Section 5 Objections
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Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act has just been ruled unconstitutional, leaving Section 5 nullified. No longer can the federal government protect minority voters with Section 5, despite the fact that the U.S. Department of Justice has needed invoke this section a total of 74 times since 2000.