H.R. 9. the Voting Rights Act reauthorization was introduced. The right to vote is keenly felt by the Asian and Pacific Islander American community. Chinese Americans could not vote until the Chinese Exclusion Acts of 1882 and 1892 were repealed in 1943. Firstgeneration Japanese Americans could not vote until 1952 because of the racial restrictions contained in the 1790 naturalization law. With the markup in Judiciary Committee tomorrow. we need to ensure that important provisions such as section 203. which has been very vital to the API communitys ability to participate in the electoral process. gets reauthorized in this Congress. Languageminority citizens were often denied needed assistance at the polls.
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