Effectiveness of Voting Rights Act Oversight
by Anthony Sibley (AJ) on Jul 5, 2013 | Views: 57 | Score: 0
Voting Rights Act related incidents | |
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Proposed voting changes withdrawn/modified after the Justice Dept. raised concerns about them (1990 and 2004) | 800 |
Successful cases brought under Section 2 of the act, after voting changes have been made | 653 |
Attorney General objections that blocked discriminatory voting changes | 626 |
Sources:
1.usa.gov
Last week, the Supreme Court ruled against the preclearance provision, in which states historically engaged in minority voter disenfranchisement were overseen by the Justice Department, and in doing so, effectively dismantled the landmark civil rights legislation, the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The effectiveness of the law is self-evident.