Federal observers can also still serve to prevent or diminish the intimidation frequently experienced by minority voters at the polls. In addition to extending the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act. H.R. 6219 converts the existing temporary nationwide ban on literacy tests into a permanent ban. In 1965. when Congress first enacted the Voting Rights Act. it suspended literacy tests and other similar devices only in the jurisdictions specially covered by the act. In 1970. at the time that the Voting Rights Act was last extended. Congress extended this prohibition to all other jurisdictions. with that extended prohibition to be effective until August 6. 1975.
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