Thus. the need for the act continues. The Voting Rights Acts special remedies. which include Federal preclearance of voting changes. section 5. Federal examiners or registrars. section 6. and Federal observers or poll watchers. section 8. are now applicable to jurisdictions which had literacy tests or devices and less than 50percent turnout at the time of the Presidential election of either 1964 or 1968. Those special remedies are now applicable to six Southern States and parts of another. to three New York counties. to areas of California and Arizona. to certain areas in New England. and to a few other counties. The provisions of title I of H.R. 6219 would require that the special remedies continue to be applicable to these currently covered areas for an additional 10 years.
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