Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1968

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The Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1968 were federal legislative changes that expanded and refined the protections of the original 1965 Voting Rights Act, further addressing racial discrimination in voting practices in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
amendment to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
addresses discriminatory election practices ⓘ
racial discrimination in voting ⓘ
aimedAtProtecting African American voters ⓘ
other minority voters ⓘ
racial minorities ⓘ
appliesTo local governments in the United States ⓘ
state governments in the United States ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
basedOn authority of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
enforcedBy United States Department of Justice ⓘ
follows Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
hasLegalStatus in force (as amended) ⓘ
hasPurpose to address discriminatory voting practices in the United States ⓘ
to expand protections against racial discrimination in voting ⓘ
to refine and strengthen enforcement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalDomain civil rights law ⓘ
voting rights law ⓘ
legalEffect expanded scope of protections under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
strengthened federal mechanisms to combat discriminatory voting practices ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
partOf United States civil rights legislation ⓘ
partOfSeries Voting Rights Act legislation ⓘ
regulates election administration practices ⓘ
voting procedures ⓘ
relatedTo Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970 ⓘ
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975 ⓘ
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982 ⓘ
subjectOf historical studies of the civil rights movement ⓘ
legal scholarship on voting rights ⓘ
topic federal oversight of state and local election practices ⓘ
protection of minority voting rights ⓘ

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Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970 → relatedTo → Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1968 ⓘ