Voting Rights Act of 1965 (and Amendments (aug 6, 1965 – jul 3, 2006)
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Washington, DC
This bill will strike down restrictions to voting in all elections, federal, state and local, which have been used to deny blacks the right to vote.
This bill will establish a simple, uniform standard which cannot be used, however ingenious the effort, to flout our Constitution. It will provide for citizens to be registered by officials of the United States Government, if the state officials refuse to register them. It will eliminate tedious, unnecessary lawsuits which delay the right to vote. Finally, this legislation will insure that properly registered individuals are not prohibited from voting. Renewals and Amendments of the act have been commonplace. These have included expansions of what falls under certain barriers to voting to improve protections for potential voters.
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