Public Law 94-73

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Public Law 94-73 is the 1975 federal legislation that significantly expanded and strengthened the Voting Rights Act, including new protections for language minorities in the United States.

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Pub.L. 94-73 1
Public Law 94-73 canonical 1

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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
voting rights law ⓘ
aimsTo eliminate voting discrimination against language minorities ⓘ
amends Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
election law ⓘ
authority enforced by the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
basedOn Congressional findings of discrimination against language minorities ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Enforcement Clause of the Fifteenth Amendment ⓘ
Enforcement Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
linked to: Enforcement Clause
containsProvision Section 203 language minority provisions ⓘ
Section 4(f)(4) language minority provisions ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1975-08-06 ⓘ
enactedBy 94th United States Congress ⓘ
expanded coverage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
extended special provisions of the Voting Rights Act ⓘ
extendedFor 7 years ⓘ
goal to secure equal access to the ballot for language minorities ⓘ
hasOfficialName An Act to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
jurisdictionCriteria language minority population thresholds ⓘ
legalCitation 89 Stat. 400 ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
partOf United States voting rights legislation ⓘ
prohibits voting practices that deny or abridge the right to vote of language minorities ⓘ
protectsGroup Alaskan Native language speakers ⓘ
Asian American language speakers ⓘ
Native American language speakers ⓘ
Spanish-speaking voters ⓘ
language minority citizens ⓘ
providesFor bilingual election materials in certain jurisdictions ⓘ
protections for language minorities in voting ⓘ
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 94-73 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 94-73
relatedTo Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982 ⓘ
Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
requires bilingual ballots in certain covered jurisdictions ⓘ
bilingual election information in certain covered jurisdictions ⓘ
shortTitle Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975 ⓘ
signedBy Gerald Ford ⓘ
signingPresident Gerald R. Ford ⓘ
linked to: Gerald Ford
strengthened federal enforcement of voting rights ⓘ
subjectMatter civil rights ⓘ
language minority rights ⓘ
voting rights ⓘ
yearEnacted 1975 ⓘ

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Public Law 94-73 → publicLawNumber → Pub.L. 94-73 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 94-73