Johnnie Said:

What consequences did a local jurisdiction face if they violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

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Carla Said:

question about the voting rights act of 1965?

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If you look at his biography below you will find many answers, the key to winning debate is to get into the person you are debating about.

Deanna Said:

How do you feel about House Republicans' refusal to renew the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

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Loathe as I am to defend ANY Republican, I think that there is more going on here than a small group of John Birch Society-style conservatives 'going off the reservation' and ttrying to turn back the hands of time all by themselves.
It may be possible that there were numerous parts stuffed into the renewal of the act (in political jargon, its called pork-barrel politics) that the small group took exception to. This practive is not at all uncommon, where something unpopular is packaged within something that is extremely popular (or time-critical) so it will pass into law as well.
While I am not at all sure of what was contained within the renewal, it might have been something about the wording that would allow for contentious debate in the future (such as granting the right to gay marriage to those subject to the Act in the chance that it became federal law), or contravened the authority of individual states' right (it has happened many times before, and took forever to fix). As well, it might have been a provision in the renewal calling for the closure or heavy regulation of a corporation in the Republican's state of constituency.
So, it might not have had anything to do with the Act itself, and the Democrats (who can play dirty pool almost as good as the Republicans) retaliating for not being yes men.
Obviously, more research should be done before assigning blame.

Ronnie Said:

how did the voting rights act of 1965 affect the civil rights movement?

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No much people still don't vote! People fight and even die for right and then the majority of the people don't bother to use them, it is sickening how apathetic this country is and especially the lack of minority voters!

Henry Said:

What is the consequence for a local jurisdiction that violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

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A federal designee is appointed to oversee the election process in the jurisdiction that has violated the act.~

President Johnson signed the resulting legislation into law on August 6, 1965. Section 2 of the Act, which closely followed the language of the 15th amendment, applied a nationwide prohibition against the denial or abridgment of the right to vote on the literacy tests on a nationwide basis. Among its other provisions, the Act contained special enforcement provisions targeted at those areas of the country where Congress believed the potential for discrimination to be the greatest. Under Section 5, jurisdictions covered by these special provisions could not implement any change affecting voting until the Attorney General or the United States District Court for the District of Columbia determined that the change did not have a discriminatory purpose and would not have a discriminatory effect. In addition, the Attorney General could designate a county covered by these special provisions for the appointment of a federal examiner to review the qualifications of persons who wanted to register to vote. Further, in those counties where a federal examiner was serving, the Attorney General could request that federal observers monitor activities within the county's polling place.

Kristina Said:

need help with civil rights act 1964 and voting rights act 1965?

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The Democrats voted against them. You know the party that supposedly supports the minorities so well.