The case for reauthorizing section five of the Voting Rights Act. From: Duke Law Journal | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 Duke University, School of Law. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

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The key provision (1) of the most effective civil rights law ever enacted (2)--Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA or the Act)--will expire in 2007 if it is not reauthorized. (3) Section 5, also known as preclearance, requires that jurisdictions fitting a statutorily-defined profile submit all changes "with respect to voting" to the Attorney General or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. (4) To satisfy preclearance, these jurisdictions must establish that the prospective voting procedure "does not have the purpose and will not ...

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