Mr. Chairman. I rise in opposition to H.R. 6400. the socalled voting rights bill. In the name of abolishing discrimination. it offers discrimination itself. It allows all but seven States in America to keep literacy tests and qualifications for voting. and denies it to those seven States. In the name of defending rights under the Constitution. it violates the Constitution itself. Article II. section 1. clause 2 of the Constitution gives to the States legislatures the power to set voter qualifications. This is absolute and specific. In no subsequent part of the Constitution or amendment is this power revoked. It is beyond the power of Congress to revoke. no matter how laudable the end may be.
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