The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the  United States that ... A core special provision is the Section 5 preclearance  requirement, which ... the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction: the  Civil Rights Act of 1957. ..... Several further protections for voters are contained in  Section 11.
Says that since 1975, redistricting by Texas lawmakers has always been found in  violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. — Politifact Texas on Friday, ...
Jun 25, 2013 ... Texas announced shortly after the decision that a voter identification law that had  been blocked would go into effect immediately, and that redistricting maps there  would ... She said the focus of the Voting Rights Act had properly changed from ...  Section 5, which sets out the preclearance requirement, was ...
Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013), is a landmark United States  Supreme Court case regarding the constitutionality of two provisions of the Voting  Rights Act of 1965: Section 5, which requires certain states and ... Five years after  the ruling, nearly 1000 polling places had been closed in the U.S., with many of  the ...
Dec 4, 2017 ... On June 25, 2013, the United States Supreme Court held that it is  unconstitutional to use the coverage formula in Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights  Act to ... The specially covered jurisdictions were identified in Section 4 by a  formula. ... Since Section 5 was enacted, the Attorney General has objected to  about ...
Says that since 1975, redistricting by Texas lawmakers has always been found in violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.