The current state of the Voting Rights Act: should it be renewed, amended, or allowed to expire? (Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law Jones Law Review Symposium on the Voting Rights Act of 1965) (Discussion) From: Jones Law Review | Date: January 1, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Thomas Goode Jones 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.Copyright information

Senator Mitchell:

This will be a panel discussion on the topic: "The Current State of the Voting Rights Act: Should it be Renewed, Amended or Allowed to Expire?" This fall, the United States Congress will begin debating whether to renew one of the most significant and controversial civil rights laws ever passed. (1) Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (2) requires certain state and local governments, mostly in the Deep South, to ask the federal government's permission bef...