Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:affects |
minority voters
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| gptkbp:amendedBy |
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:category |
gptkb:United_States_federal_voting_legislation
Civil rights legislation |
| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:Public_Law_97-205
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
June 29, 1982
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:extendedSection |
gptkb:Section_5_preclearance
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| gptkbp:extendedUntil |
25 years
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982
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| gptkbp:introduced |
results test for Section 2
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| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
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| gptkbp:prohibits |
voting practices with discriminatory results
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to extend and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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| gptkbp:response |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_decision_in_City_of_Mobile_v._Bolden
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| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:79_Stat._286
gptkb:Section_2_of_the_Voting_Rights_Act |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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