29 giug 1982 anni - Voting Rights Act of 1982

Descrizione:

1. This was an extension of the Voting Rights Act that extended its provisions for another 25 years and expanded the discriminatory voting laws from the original act.
2. This was passed on June 29, 1982.
3. This was passed by President Reagan, and it was lobbied for by the NAACP, the NEA, and other organizations in the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.
4. This happened in Washington, D.C.
5. One major cause was that there had been continued discrimination in voting based on race, and a Supreme Court case that challenged this ruled in favor of the government, so people had nothing else to do.
6. One major effect was that it made Article 2 of the Voting Rights Act permanent, and there could no longer be any discrimination based on race, regardless of whether it was intended or not.