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The following jurisdictions in the United States are or have been subject to the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.Jurisdictions encompassed by the coverage formula contained in Section 4(b) are called "covered jurisdictions"; covered jurisdictions are subject to preclearance under Section 5.
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 ...
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 ...
The new requirement comes under New York's John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, a multi-pronged law that aimed to thwart voter suppression or intimidation and protect minority voting power.
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 ...
The preclearance requirement in the Voting Rights Act mandated that states and local jurisdictions with a history of racially discriminatory voting practices get federal approval before making ...
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 ...
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]