This legislation is an unfair and punitive weapon against several States. endorses voting by illiterates. and provides for extreme Federal intervention in State election processes. The Voting Rights Act of. 1965 required approval by the U.S. Attorney General of any changes in the voting laws or rules of States which had a literacy test and less than a 50percent voter turnout in the 1964 Presidential election. Literacy tests were suspended. This placed the elections of several States under Federal jurisdiction for the past 10 years. and they have eliminated discrimination against minorities in their election laws and practices. But this 1975 act would continue Federal jurisdiction in those States for another 10 years. regardless of minority voter participation since 1965.
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