Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act
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Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
provision of law
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| gptkbp:administeredBy |
gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Justice
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
jurisdictions with significant populations of language minorities
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| gptkbp:codifiedIn |
52 U.S.C. § 10503
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| gptkbp:criteria |
more than 10,000 or over 5% of voting-age citizens are members of a single language minority and have limited English proficiency
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1975
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| gptkbp:effect |
requires bilingual election materials
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:enforcedBy |
federal lawsuits
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act
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| gptkbp:languageAssistance |
ballots and voting materials in minority languages
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| gptkbp:minorityGroupsCovered |
gptkb:Asian
gptkb:Native_American_tribe gptkb:Spanish gptkb:Alaska_Native |
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to require certain jurisdictions to provide language assistance in voting
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
Section 4(f) of the Voting Rights Act
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| gptkbp:renewable |
Congress in 1982
Congress in 1992 Congress in 2006 |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_Amendments_of_2006
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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