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The preclearance requirements for these "bailed in" jurisdictions were unaffected by the Supreme Court's ruling in Shelby County v. Holder. The following jurisdictions have been bailed into coverage under Section 3(c) of the Voting Rights Act: [5] [54] Thurston County, Nebraska [55] Escambia County, Florida [56] Alexander County, Illinois [57]
Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013), is a landmark decision [1] of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the constitutionality of two provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: Section 5, which requires certain states and local governments to obtain federal preclearance before implementing any changes to their voting laws or practices; and subsection (b) of Section 4 ...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement on August 6, 1965, and Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections ...
A federal court ruling is teeing up another major Supreme Court case that could radically weaken the Voting Rights Act by ... That 2013 ruling struck out federal “preclearance” guidelines that ...
Some localities in a handful of other states were required to undergo the same process, known as "preclearance." The Voting Rights Act mandated it for jurisdictions with an extensive history of ...
South Carolina v. Katzenbach, 383 U.S. 301 (1966), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court that rejected a challenge from the state of South Carolina to the preclearance provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which required that some states submit changes in election districts to the Attorney General of the United States (at the time, Nicholas Katzenbach). [1]
The legislation would restore the critical preclearance requirement section in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that was gutted by a 2013 Supreme Court ruling, Shelby County v. Holder .
Michigan Voting Rights Act (MIVRA) of 2023: A set of four bills introduced in June 2023, aiming to establish a state-level preclearance system and combat racial vote dilution. [ 28 ] Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Voting Rights Act of Florida (FLVRA) of 2024: Introduced in January 2024, this proposed law seeks to establish protections similar ...