Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legislation
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| gptkbp:addressed |
language minority voting rights
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| gptkbp:amends |
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
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| gptkbp:approves |
commitment to equal voting rights
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| gptkbp:effectiveDate |
1982-08-06
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:established |
new standards for voting accessibility
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| gptkbp:expansion |
preclearance requirements
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982
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| gptkbp:impact |
increased voter registration among minorities
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| gptkbp:includes |
provisions for election monitoring
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
subsequent voting rights legislation
Supreme_Court_decisions_on_voting_rights |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
|
| gptkbp:is_essential_for |
provisions for bilingual voting materials
protection against voting discrimination |
| gptkbp:isActiveIn |
academic studies on civil rights
|
| gptkbp:isAssociatedWith |
election reform movements
|
| gptkbp:isCelebratedFor |
civil rights anniversaries
|
| gptkbp:isChallengedBy |
various states in court
voter suppression efforts President_Ronald_Reagan |
| gptkbp:isCitedIn |
legal cases regarding voting rights
|
| gptkbp:isConsidered |
landmark legislation
a response to systemic racism in voting |
| gptkbp:isCriticizedFor |
some political commentators
|
| gptkbp:isDiscussedIn |
legislative history
|
| gptkbp:isDocumentedIn |
government archives
|
| gptkbp:isEvaluatedBy |
civil rights activists
|
| gptkbp:isExaminedBy |
law school curricula
|
| gptkbp:isInfluencedBy |
modern voting rights advocacy
|
| gptkbp:isLinkedTo |
voter ID laws
|
| gptkbp:isPartOf |
U.S._federal_law
American_civil_rights_history |
| gptkbp:isRecognizedBy |
historical scholars
|
| gptkbp:isReferencedIn |
political science literature
political debates on voting rights |
| gptkbp:isRelatedTo |
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1992
|
| gptkbp:isSupportedBy |
bipartisan_coalitions
|
| gptkbp:ledTo |
increased litigation over voting rights
|
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
some state governments
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
to_extend_the_special_provisions_of_the_Voting_Rights_Act
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1975
|
| gptkbp:renovated |
criteria for voting discrimination cases
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
greater awareness of voting issues
|
| gptkbp:supported |
federal funding for voting rights enforcement
|
| gptkbp:supportedBy |
civil rights organizations
|
| gptkbp:updates |
federal oversight of elections
|
| gptkbp:wasPartOf |
gptkb:House_of_Representatives
Senate |
| gptkbp:yearEstablished |
1982-06-29
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