Why should minority citizens in Harlem and Watts or Roxbury or Hartford be denied the same protection as blacks in Alabama or Georgia? They should not. No one can argue the opposite. This bill will see that they are not. Literacy tests will be banned nationwide. voting observers and examiners will be able to function in all 50 States. voting rights suits will be able to be brought in any Federal district court. These are all constructive and desirable reforms that H.R. 4249 will accomplish which an extension of the present act would not. Now is the time to make these reforms. not 5 years or 10 years from now.
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