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Voting Rights Act Map [1]

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Date: 2013-06-23

Places covered by the law

Covered since 1965 Section 5 was first applied to places that had voter registration or turnout rates below 50 percent in 1964 and also “devices” to discourage voting, like literacy tests.

Added in 1970 or 1975 On renewal, the law used data from 1968 and 1972 and defined a “device” to include English-only ballots in places where at least 5 percent of voting-age citizens spoke a single language other than English.

Bailed out

Places that had been free of any voting discrimination for 10 years could be released from coverage by a court.

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[1] Url: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/23/us/voting-rights-act-map.html

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