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Florida Is Excluded From Congressional Fix of Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Nullified

January 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, Congress is working to reinstate a similar provision that would require certain states to acquire federal “preclearance” for new voting laws. Unlike the provision enacted in 1965, though, Florida is no longer one of the state’s that would need oversight.

Voting Rights Act Sapped as Fractured Supreme Court Defies Near-Unanimous Congress

June 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, declared key parts of the Voting Rights Act invalid even though the U.S. Senate had passed the act unanimously in 2006, and the House of Representatives had passed it 390-33.

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