Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a key enforcement provision that authorizes the appointment of federal examiners to oversee voter registration and protect voting rights in jurisdictions with histories of discrimination.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Section 12 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 | 1 |
| Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 canonical | 1 |
| Section 7 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2618638 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Context triple: [South Carolina v. Katzenbach, upheldProvision, Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965]
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Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is a key provision that required certain jurisdictions with histories of racial discrimination in voting to obtain federal approval, or “preclearance,” before changing their voting laws or practices.
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Section 3(c) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Section 3(c) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a “bail-in” provision that allows federal courts to place jurisdictions with proven intentional voting discrimination under preclearance requirements for changes to their election laws.
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Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act was the provision that established the coverage formula determining which jurisdictions were subject to federal preclearance requirements for changes to their voting laws.
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D.
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act is a federal provision that requires certain jurisdictions to provide bilingual election materials and language assistance to protect the voting rights of citizens with limited English proficiency.
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E.
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is a key federal provision that prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race, color, or membership in certain language minority groups.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Target entity description: Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a key enforcement provision that authorizes the appointment of federal examiners to oversee voter registration and protect voting rights in jurisdictions with histories of discrimination.
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A.
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is a key provision that required certain jurisdictions with histories of racial discrimination in voting to obtain federal approval, or “preclearance,” before changing their voting laws or practices.
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B.
Section 3(c) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Section 3(c) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a “bail-in” provision that allows federal courts to place jurisdictions with proven intentional voting discrimination under preclearance requirements for changes to their election laws.
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C.
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act was the provision that established the coverage formula determining which jurisdictions were subject to federal preclearance requirements for changes to their voting laws.
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D.
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act is a federal provision that requires certain jurisdictions to provide bilingual election materials and language assistance to protect the voting rights of citizens with limited English proficiency.
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E.
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is a key federal provision that prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race, color, or membership in certain language minority groups.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | statutory provision ⓘ |
| aimsToPrevent |
denial of the right to vote on account of race or color
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racial discrimination in voter registration ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
covered jurisdictions under the Voting Rights Act
ⓘ
jurisdictions with histories of voting discrimination ⓘ |
| authorizes | appointment of federal examiners ⓘ |
| basedOn | Congressional findings of pervasive voting discrimination ⓘ |
| category |
United States civil rights legislation provision
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United States federal election law ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | 52 U.S.C. § 10305 ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis |
Fifteenth Amendment Enforcement Clause
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surface form:
Enforcement Clause of the Fifteenth Amendment
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateEnacted | 1965-08-06 ⓘ |
| designedTo |
bypass obstructive local registration officials
ⓘ
ensure prompt registration of eligible voters ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanism |
federal examiners
ⓘ
federal oversight of voter registration ⓘ |
| fallsUnder | Public Law 89-110 ⓘ |
| function |
to place federal officials in local voter registration offices
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to register eligible voters directly ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Rights Movement
Jim Crow–era voter suppression ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
United States Attorney General
ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
civil rights law
ⓘ
voting rights ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor | deployment of federal examiners in covered jurisdictions ⓘ |
| legalStatus | federal statute provision in force, as amended ⓘ |
| partOf | Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| policyGoal |
to increase registration of historically disenfranchised voters
ⓘ
to secure equal access to the ballot ⓘ |
| protects |
African American voters in the South
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minority voters ⓘ |
| purpose |
to enforce voting rights protections
ⓘ
to oversee voter registration in certain jurisdictions ⓘ |
| regionMostAffected | Southern United States ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| scope |
administration of voting qualifications
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voter registration procedures ⓘ |
| shortTitleOfParentAct | Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| signedIntoLawBy | Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ |
| typeOfRemedy | federal administrative oversight ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Description of subject: Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a key enforcement provision that authorizes the appointment of federal examiners to oversee voter registration and protect voting rights in jurisdictions with histories of discrimination.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Section 7 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
this entity surface form:
Section 12 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965