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Voting Rights Act — of 1965 Full title An act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United S … Wikipedia
Voting Rights Act — Präsident Lyndon B. Johnson unterschreibt den Voting Rights Act, 6. August 1965 Präsident Johnson bei einer Ansprache vor dem Kongress vor der Unterzeichnung des Gesetzes … Deutsch Wikipedia
Voting Rights Act of 1965 — a US law passed during the civil rights movement, signed by President Johnson. It made illegal a number of restrictions that had been used, mostly in the South, to keep African Americans from voting. These restrictions included a test of people’s … Universalium
Voting Rights Act — Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1965 to ensure the voting rights of African Americans. Though the Constitution s 15th Amendment (passed 1870) had guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude,… … Universalium
Voting Rights Act — n. A federal law passed in 1965 that guarantees all citizens the right to vote without discrimination by forbidding districts to require people to meet conditions such as literacy tests or educational requirements. The Essential Law Dictionary.… … Law dictionary
Voting rights in the United States — The issue of voting rights in the United States has been contentious over the country s history. Eligibility to vote in the U.S. is determined by both Federal and state law. Currently, only citizens can vote in U.S. elections (although this has… … Wikipedia
Civil Rights Act of 1957 — The Civil Rights Act of 1957, Pub.L. 85 315, 71 Stat. 634, enacted September 9, 1957, primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress in the United States since Reconstruction following… … Wikipedia
Voting Rights Act — A federal statute enacted in 1965, prohibiting any state or political subdivision from imposing or applying any voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or any standard, practice, or procedure, denying the right of any citizen of the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Voting rights of Australian Aboriginals — Historically the voting rights of Australian Aboriginals had been restricted in Australian parliaments and local government bodies. Under Section 41 of the Australian Constitution Aboriginals always had the legal right to vote in Australian… … Wikipedia
Civil Rights Act of 1964 — Full title An act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States of America to provide relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to … Wikipedia
