Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act
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Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act is a provision that guarantees voters who need assistance because of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write the right to receive help from a person of their choice in casting a ballot, with limited exceptions.
All labels observed (1)
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| Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17863690 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act Context triple: [Voting Rights Act requirements, includeProvision, Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act]
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A.
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act is a federal provision that requires certain jurisdictions to provide bilingual election materials and language assistance to protect the voting rights of citizens with limited English proficiency.
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B.
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is a key provision that required certain jurisdictions with histories of racial discrimination in voting to obtain federal approval, or “preclearance,” before changing their voting laws or practices.
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C.
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is a key federal provision that prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race, color, or membership in certain language minority groups.
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D.
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act was the provision that established the coverage formula determining which jurisdictions were subject to federal preclearance requirements for changes to their voting laws.
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E.
Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a federal provision that protects the voting rights of certain language minorities, particularly Puerto Rican–educated U.S. citizens, by prohibiting states from denying them the right to vote based on English literacy requirements.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act Target entity description: Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act is a provision that guarantees voters who need assistance because of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write the right to receive help from a person of their choice in casting a ballot, with limited exceptions.
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A.
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act is a federal provision that requires certain jurisdictions to provide bilingual election materials and language assistance to protect the voting rights of citizens with limited English proficiency.
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B.
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is a key provision that required certain jurisdictions with histories of racial discrimination in voting to obtain federal approval, or “preclearance,” before changing their voting laws or practices.
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C.
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is a key federal provision that prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race, color, or membership in certain language minority groups.
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D.
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act was the provision that established the coverage formula determining which jurisdictions were subject to federal preclearance requirements for changes to their voting laws.
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E.
Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a federal provision that protects the voting rights of certain language minorities, particularly Puerto Rican–educated U.S. citizens, by prohibiting states from denying them the right to vote based on English literacy requirements.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.