Quit Stalling, Renew the Voting Rights Act
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL › July 12, 2006
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The South is not what it was in 1965. We dont have literacy tests to keep minorities from exercising their voting rights, and sheriffs arent beating up voting rights activists.
But neither is there enough evidence to prove Congress should let key elements of the 1965 Voting Rights Act expire. Just look at Texas, where the partisan redrawing of congressional seats in 2003 diluted the voting clout of blacks and Latinos in some parts of the state.See the full content of this document
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Quit Stalling, Renew the Voting Rights Act
Look also at Georgia, where Republican legislators recently...
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