Summary
The push and pull have begun over renewing a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that doesn't expire until 2007, but already a case in point has appeared that argues strongly for extension. A disputed section requires only states with a history of racial discrimination -- mainly the South's old Confederacy states -- to get Justice Department approval for any changes in their voting laws.
Many argue that the covered states have been on probation long enough, and have reformed and taken the changes to heart.See the full content of this document
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Warning Bell Sounds for Voting Rights Act
But then there's Georgia's new voting law.
Passed quickly this year by Georgia's first Republican legislature since Reconstructio...See the full content of this document
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