CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings November 3, 2014
Section five was a pretty effective check on minority vote dilution in these places. It did impose some burdens on state and roque government. I wouldnt local government. I wouldnt deny that. But they were modest burdens, certainly in comparison to the burden of actually martialing the expert evidence necessary to bring or to defend against a Voting Rights lawsuit. So i do think that something important was lost by the elimination, effectively, of preclearance spending, and i may disagree on tha...
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