Pub.L. 89–110

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Pub.L. 89–110 is the formal public law designation for the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, a key U.S. federal statute prohibiting racial discrimination in voting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
voting rights law ⓘ
amends Title 52 of the United States Code (codification of voting rights provisions) ⓘ
appliesTo federal elections in the United States ⓘ
state and local elections in covered jurisdictions in the United States ⓘ
authorizes appointment of federal examiners to oversee voter registration ⓘ
appointment of federal observers to monitor elections ⓘ
considered key achievement of the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
landmark civil rights legislation ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
containsProvision federal oversight of election procedures in certain jurisdictions ⓘ
federal oversight of voter registration in certain jurisdictions ⓘ
preclearance requirement for changes in voting laws in covered jurisdictions ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1965-08-06 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1965-08-06 ⓘ
enactedBy 89th United States Congress ⓘ
hasShortName Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
inResponseTo discriminatory voting practices such as literacy tests and poll taxes ⓘ
widespread disenfranchisement of African American voters in the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterAmendedBy 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 ⓘ
majorImpact elimination of many discriminatory voting practices in the United States ⓘ
increased voter registration among African Americans in the southern United States ⓘ
opposedBy segregationist politicians ⓘ
presidentAtSigning Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
prohibits racial discrimination in voting ⓘ
use of literacy tests as voting qualifications in covered jurisdictions ⓘ
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 89–110 ⓘ
purpose to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
to prohibit racial discrimination in voting ⓘ
relatedTo Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ
section Section 2 (general prohibition on voting discrimination) ⓘ
Section 203 (language minority voting rights, as later added and amended) ⓘ
Section 4 (coverage formula and suspension of tests and devices) ⓘ
Section 5 (preclearance requirement) ⓘ
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 79 Stat. 437 ⓘ
subjectMatter election law ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
voting rights ⓘ
supportedBy civil rights organizations ⓘ
title An Act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes ⓘ

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