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• What is the Voting Rights Act?
  Congress passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965, shortly following the Civil Rights Act. The goal of the Voting Rights Act was to prohibit discrimination that many states still routinely practiced with regard to voting. Concluding that the existing 15 th Amendment and federal anti-discrimination laws were inadequate to enforce uniform voting rights on a national level, Congress acted … more
• What is the National Voter Registration Act of 1993?
  Congress passed the National Voter Registration Act (“NVRA”), also commonly known as the “Motor Voter Act”, in 1993, with the express purpose of making it easier for American citizens to register to vote, and to maintain their voter’s registration. Under the NVRA, the Federal Election Commission was instructed to give guidance to individual states in … more

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