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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:affects
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gptkb:Shelby_County_v._Holder
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gptkbp:amendedBy
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gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_Amendments_of_1970
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_Amendments_of_1975
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_Amendments_of_1982
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_Reauthorization_and_Amendments_Act_of_2006
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:79_Stat._437
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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July 27, 1965
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:hasCommittee
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gptkb:House_Judiciary_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Judiciary_Committee
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Public Law 89-110
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gptkbp:introduced
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gptkb:Emanuel_Celler
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gptkbp:introducedIn
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gptkb:House_of_Representatives
March 17, 1965
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gptkbp:locationSigned
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:publicLawNumber
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89-110
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gptkbp:purpose
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prohibit racial discrimination in voting
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:activist
voting rights in the United States
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gptkbp:section
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Section 5 requires certain jurisdictions to obtain federal preclearance before implementing any changes to their voting laws or practices.
Section 2 prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race, color, or membership in a language minority group.
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gptkbp:shortName
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gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
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gptkbp:statutesAtLargeCitation
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gptkb:79_Stat._437
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gptkbp:title
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An Act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes.
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:79_Stat._667
gptkb:79_Stat._286
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