Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975
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The Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975 were U.S. federal legislative changes that expanded and strengthened voting rights protections, notably by extending coverage to language minorities and renewing key provisions of the original Voting Rights Act.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
ⓘ
voting rights law ⓘ |
| addsProtectionFor |
Alaska Natives
ⓘ
Asian American ⓘ
surface form:
Asian Americans
Native Americans ⓘ Spanish-speaking Americans ⓘ language minorities ⓘ |
| affects |
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act
ⓘ
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act ⓘ Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act ⓘ |
| amends | Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States federal elections
ⓘ
state and local elections in the United States ⓘ |
| citation | Public Law 94-73 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverageFormulaBasedOn |
English proficiency
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language minority population thresholds ⓘ literacy rates ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1975-08-06 ⓘ |
| definesTerm | language minority ⓘ |
| extendsProvision |
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act
ⓘ
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act ⓘ special coverage and preclearance provisions ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post–civil rights era expansion of voting protections ⓘ |
| impact |
expansion of bilingual election administration in the United States
ⓘ
increased access to the ballot for language minority voters ⓘ |
| legalArea |
civil rights law
ⓘ
election law ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| partOf |
Voting Rights Act of 1965
ⓘ
surface form:
Voting Rights Act of 1965 legislative framework
|
| presidentAtEnactment | Gerald Ford ⓘ |
| prohibits | voting discrimination against language minorities ⓘ |
| purpose |
to expand and strengthen protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
ⓘ
to protect the voting rights of language minority citizens ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Rights Movement in the United States
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982 ⓘ |
| renewalPeriod | 7 years ⓘ |
| renews | temporary provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| requires |
bilingual ballots in covered jurisdictions
ⓘ
bilingual election information and assistance in covered jurisdictions ⓘ bilingual election materials in certain jurisdictions ⓘ bilingual voter registration materials in covered jurisdictions ⓘ |
| signedBy | Gerald Ford ⓘ |
| statuteCitation | 89 Stat. 400 ⓘ |
| strengthens |
federal oversight of election practices
ⓘ
preclearance requirements for certain jurisdictions ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1975 ⓘ |
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