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Overview of the Voting Rights Act

The document summarizes key aspects of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It was passed by Congress and signed by President Johnson to prevent racial discrimination in voting, particularly in Southern states. It allowed African Americans to vote without tests or hurdles. However, the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that the Act was no longer relevant due to changes in discrimination. This led to issues like districts in North Carolina being gerrymandered to dilute black voting power.

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Overview of the Voting Rights Act

The document summarizes key aspects of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It was passed by Congress and signed by President Johnson to prevent racial discrimination in voting, particularly in Southern states. It allowed African Americans to vote without tests or hurdles. However, the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that the Act was no longer relevant due to changes in discrimination. This led to issues like districts in North Carolina being gerrymandered to dilute black voting power.

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Voting Rights Act

By: Melanie, Shams, Angel, Steven, and


Vanessa
What is the Voting
● The Voting Right Act was effective on August 6,
1965

Right Act ● The Bill was passed through senate by a vote of


77-19 and was passed through the House of
Representatives by 333-85

● Signed by President Johnson and other civil


right leaders to prevent racial discrimination in
voting

● This Act allowed the Blacks to have the right to


vote in Southern States without being tested
Gerrymandering
● 1812
● Signed by Governor Elbridge (Massachusetts)
Case ● Gerrymandering establishes a political
advantage for a party/group by manipulating the
district boundaries
● Used to increase power of political parties and
minorities
● Districts 1 and 12

North Carolina
● The republican assembly made tweaks
within the districts that were gerrymandered
and created a map of districts that were
geographic coherence which more black
voters were in certain districts and diluting
their voting rights
Supreme Court on
● On June 2013, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that
the Voting Right Act is no longer relevant

Voting Rights Act ● The chief justice Roberts argued this act
focused mainly on southern States

● He also argued discrimination looks different


today than it did at that period
● After the supreme court had ruled the Voting
Unresolved Issues Right Act court, many issues raised:

○ In Texas black and latino voters were


discriminated against

○ North Carolina made it difficult to vote, with


the intention to discriminate

○ North Carolina broken down the race


statistics and targeted mainly black voters

● Since the Act is irrelevant these issues are


unresolved
Citation
● [Link]
ting-rights-act
● [Link]
un/25/court-past-voting-discrimination-no-longe
r-held/
● [Link]
017/05/north-carolina-gerrymandering/527592/
● [Link]
der-pressure-north-carolina-draws-new-voting-m
aps
● [Link]
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● [Link]
eart-of-the-voting-rights-act-1796298671

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