Chairman. this amendment. it seems to me. really gets at the crux of what we are considering here in connection with the proposed extension of the Voting Rights Act. I want to state quite firmly and flatly that I am a sponsor of the extension of the Voting Rights Act. I am sponsoring the administrations extension of the Voting Rights Act for a period of 5 years. including a ban on literacy tests for a period of 5 years. in other words. to give 5 years additional effect to the existing Voting Rights Act which. as many have said. has contributed substantially to assuring voting rights to American citizens. What this amendment does is to strike title II from the bill. Title II would establish a new test or device.
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