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Clear and simple solution to all of these problems, and that is federal intervention. >> the federal government stepped in during the civil rights era with the 1965 voting rights act. >> among other things, it prohibited states from denying a person the right to vote based on race or color. yet in 2013 the supreme court up ended a major part of that law. >> it eviscerated one of its key components, which was key clearance. the thing about preclearance is that its before they could implement a ne...

Rights act. among other things, it prohibited states from denoying the person a right to vote based on race or color. yet, in 2013 the supreme court up ended a major part of that law. >> it e viserated a ckey component. preclearance. its before they could implement a new law dealing with voting or a new policy dealing with voting, it had to be okayed first by the u.s. department of justice or by the federal court in d.c. >> that part of the law was meant to prevent states with a history of racia...