Voting Rights Act

[ voh-ting rahyts akt ]

noun

, U.S. Government.

1. a law enacted in 1965 that prohibited racially discriminatory voting practices, such as poll taxes and literacy tests, appointed federal examiners to facilitate voter registration among members of minority groups, and established federal oversight over election administration. : VRA

Example Sentences

Her focus would be on the three months, January through March 1965, that gave birth to the Voting Rights Act.

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It was the first case brought under the Voting Rights Act, so the hearing proved contentious.

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But he lost and his brutal career was over thanks to John Doar and the Voting Rights Act.

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The swift passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act was due in no small part to those images.

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Of course, the U.S. Supreme Court, which gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act last year, could uphold the laws in principle.

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