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Voting Rights Act Reauthorization of 2006: 25-Year Extension Passes with Bipartisan Supermajority Before Conservative Legal Assault

2006-07-27 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

President George W. Bush signed the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006, extending Section 5 preclearance requirements for 25 years with overwhelming bipartisan support. The House passed the bill 390-33 and the Senate …

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Voting Rights Act Extension of 1970: Nationwide Literacy Test Ban and Voting Age Lowered to 18

1970-06-22 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

President Nixon signed the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970, extending the VRA’s special provisions for another five years, banning literacy tests nationwide, and lowering the voting age to 18 for all elections. The legislation represented significant expansion of federal voting rights …

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