VRA
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VRA is the common abbreviation for the landmark U.S. federal law enacted in 1965 to prohibit racial discrimination in voting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VRA canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T470978 — 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: VRA Context triple: [Voting Rights Act of 1965, abbreviation, VRA]
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VELO
VELO is the high-precision vertex detector of the LHCb experiment at CERN, designed to measure particle trajectories very close to the proton–proton collision point.
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B.
VZ
VZ is the stock ticker symbol for Verizon Communications Inc., a major U.S.-based telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, and related services.
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C.
RVR
RVR is the standard abbreviation for the Reina-Valera, a widely used Spanish translation of the Bible.
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D.
VNM
VNM is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Vietnam.
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E.
Varhadi
Varhadi is a regional dialect of Marathi spoken primarily in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India, known for its distinct phonetic and lexical features.
- 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: VRA Target entity description: VRA is the common abbreviation for the landmark U.S. federal law enacted in 1965 to prohibit racial discrimination in voting.
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A.
VELO
VELO is the high-precision vertex detector of the LHCb experiment at CERN, designed to measure particle trajectories very close to the proton–proton collision point.
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B.
VZ
VZ is the stock ticker symbol for Verizon Communications Inc., a major U.S.-based telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, and related services.
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C.
RVR
RVR is the standard abbreviation for the Reina-Valera, a widely used Spanish translation of the Bible.
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D.
VNM
VNM is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Vietnam.
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E.
Varhadi
Varhadi is a regional dialect of Marathi spoken primarily in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India, known for its distinct phonetic and lexical features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
ⓘ
voting rights law ⓘ |
| alsoImplements |
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
|
| amendedBy |
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970
ⓘ
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975 ⓘ Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982 ⓘ Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
local jurisdictions in the United States
ⓘ
states of the United States ⓘ |
| chamberInvolved |
United States House of Representatives
ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | landmark civil rights legislation ⓘ |
| commonAbbreviation | VRA ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis | Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| containsProvision |
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
ⓘ
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act ⓘ Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act ⓘ Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| enactedOn | 1965-08-06 ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
United States Department of Justice
ⓘ
federal courts of the United States ⓘ
linked to:
federal judiciary of the United States
|
| fullName | Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| hasLongTermEffect | federal oversight of certain state and local election laws (before Shelby County v. Holder) ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Civil Rights Movement in the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
American civil rights movement
|
| impact |
increased voter registration and participation among racial minorities
ⓘ
invalidated many discriminatory voting laws and practices ⓘ |
| introducedInResponseTo | widespread disenfranchisement of Black voters in the American South ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| passedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| presidentAtEnactment | Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ |
| prohibits |
racial discrimination in voting
ⓘ
voting practices that deny or abridge the right to vote on account of race or color ⓘ |
| purpose |
to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
to prohibit racial discrimination in voting ⓘ |
| region |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| relatedCase |
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
ⓘ
Shelby County v. Holder ⓘ South Carolina v. Katzenbach ⓘ |
| section2Description | general prohibition on voting practices that discriminate on the basis of race or color ⓘ |
| section5Description | preclearance requirement for certain jurisdictions before changing voting laws or practices ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| signedBy | Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ |
| sponsorChamber | United States Senate ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
civil rights
ⓘ
election law ⓘ voting rights ⓘ |
| typeOfLegislation | civil rights statute ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: VRA Description of subject: VRA is the common abbreviation for the landmark U.S. federal law enacted in 1965 to prohibit racial discrimination in voting.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.