The amendment I offer does not attempt to prescribe qualifications for voting as does the MansfIeldDirksen amendment. which I believe is its constitutional defect. Second. It does not attempt to interfere with the States power to prescribe literacy qualifications. even literacy tests requiring a voter to demonstrate ability to read. write. comprehend. understand. or interpret any matter. if the State establishes procedures which are not susceptible of discrimination because of race or color. These procedures. under my amendment. would not permit a registrar or an election officer at the polls to make determinations regarding the ability of an applicant to pass such tests. My amendment specifically prohibits such determinations by registrars and election officers. because the record shows that it has been their arbitarary decisions which have discriminated against voters because of race or color.
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