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| | Understanding Your Voting Rights |
 | | Requirement under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act which requires certain jurisdictions to submit any changes in voting or election laws to either the United States Attorney General or a Federal Court in the District of Columbia. | | | Because of such subtle efforts, it was necessary to pass laws to protect and enforce the constitutional right to vote. | | | The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was enacted to provide a comprehensive and direct solution to protecting the rights guaranteed by the Fifteenth Amendment. |
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http://www.oag.state.ny.us/family/kids/crime/voting.html
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| | BRIA(12:2) South Africa, End of apartheid, voting rights act 1965, Segregrated South, Race, redistricting, ... |
| | Under the Voting Rights Act, the U.S. Justice Department must approve the voting procedures of states with a history of voting discrimination. | | | It stated that, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." | | | This issue of the Bill of Rights in Action is made possible by a generous grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. |
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http://www.crf-usa.org/bria/bria12_2.html
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| | Voting Rights |
| | In Florida, civil rights lost upon conviction of a felony include not only the right to vote, but also the right to hold certain state job licenses, which makes it difficult for many people to support their families as productive, tax-paying citizens. | | | The ACLU seeks to bring Florida into line with the majority of states that already automatically restore voting and civil rights after completion of the sentence. | | | Click on your issue of interest for press releases, legal documents and additional information on how you can help preserve the right to vote. |
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http://www.aclufl.org/issues/voting_rights/index.cfm
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| | TITLE 42 , CHAPTER 20 , SUBCHAPTER I , Sec. 1971. |
| | The compensation to be allowed to any persons appointed by the court pursuant to this subsection shall be fixed by the court and shall be payable by the United States. | | | Any voting referee appointed by the court pursuant to this subsection shall to the extent not inconsistent herewith have all the powers conferred upon a master by rule 53(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. | | | The issues of fact and law raised by such exceptions shall be determined by the court or, if the due and speedy administration of justice requires, they may be referred to the voting referee to determine in accordance with procedures prescribed by the court. |
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http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal6/uscode42-1971.htm
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| | Florida Voting Ban |
| | Loss of civil rights takes away not only the right to vote, but also the right to hold public office, serve on a jury, and qualify for certain types of state licenses necessary for many jobs, such as those in the construction and medical fields. | | | If restoration of civil rights is granted, the rights that are restored include the right to vote, serve on a jury, hold public office, and hold certain types of state job licenses. | | | Persons seeking to apply for restoration of their civil rights must submit a Restoration of Civil Rights (RCR) application to the Office of Executive Clemency in Tallahassee. |
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http://www.aclufl.org/issues/voting_rights/florida_voting_ban.cfm
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| | Voting Rights of People with Mental Disabilities |
| | To be sure, it may be within states' authority to limit voting rights to individuals who are capable of understanding the nature of an election and what it means to cast a ballot. | | | Many states have laws or regulations that bar individuals with mental disabilities from voting, whether or not they are, in fact, competent to vote. | | | If you have experienced or know of someone who has encountered any of the following problems, we are available to help determine what, if any, legal strategies may be pursued and to initiate litigation in a few appropriate cases. |
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http://www.bazelon.org/issues/voting
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| | The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 |
| | Section 2 of the Act, which closely followed the language of the 15th amendment, applied a nationwide prohibition against the denial or abridgment of the right to vote on the literacy tests on a nationwide basis. | | | The Voting Rights Act had not included a provision prohibiting poll taxes, but had directed the Attorney General to challenge its use. | | | Under Section 5, jurisdictions covered by these special provisions could not implement any change affecting voting until the Attorney General or the United States District Court for the District of Columbia determined that the change did not have a discriminatory purpose and would not have a discriminatory effect. |
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http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/intro/intro_b.htm
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| | We Shall Overcome -- The Players |
| | No law that we now have on the books...can insure the right to vote when local officials are determined to deny it... | | | The 1965 Act suspended literacy tests and other voter tests and authorized federal supervision of voter registration in states and individual voting districts where such tests were being used. | | | Many of the issues of civil rights are very complex and most difficult. |
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http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/prize.htm
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| | Voting Rights |
| | The ACLU lawsuit challenges the non-uniform, unequal, and inadequate system of voting in Ohio, which violates the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. | | | The ACLU's Voting Rights Project is committed to making the promise of equal voting rights a reality -- despite the recent challenges we have faced. | | | In October of 2002, the ACLU of Ohio filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio alleging that the State of Ohio’s voting systems violate voters' rights. |
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http://www.acluohio.org/issues/voting_rights/voting_rights.htm
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| | Voting Rights Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The VRA was made necessary by the practices of the socially conservative, southern wing of the Democratic Party. | | | U.S. citizens commonly hear of a "right to vote," yet there is no such federal right. | | | However, The Voting Rights Act and three constitutional amendments that prevent discrimination in granting the franchise, has established in United States Supreme Court jurisprudence that there is a "fundamental right" in the franchise, even though voting remains a state-granted privilege. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act
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| | Voting Rights Act |
| | The legislation stated that uniform standards must prevail for establishing the right to vote. | | | Schooling to sixth grade constituted legal proof of literacy and the attorney general was given power to initiate legal action in any area where he found a pattern of resistance to the law. | | | Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. |
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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAvoting65.htm
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| | Voting Security |
| | Unfortunately, federal law requires the use of absentee ballots for the military, so that issue must be challenged in court or the U.S. Congress. | | | The right to direct access to a ballot and meaningful public oversight of the process supersedes the perceived convenience of voting machines. | | | The Federal Voting Systems Standards (FVSS) used by the three NASED's approved Independent Test Authorities (ITA) to "certify" companies are outmoded guidelines and voluntary, and not all states have adopted them. |
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http://www.ecotalk.org/VotingSecurity.htm
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| | African American Odyssey: The Civil Rights Era (Part 2) |
| | The Voting Rights Act prohibited the states from using literacy tests, interpreting the Constitution, and other methods of excluding Afric an Americans from voting. | | | The students' bravery in the face of verbal and physical abuse led to integration in many stores even before the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. | | | Together these acts reinstated and reinvigorated the African Americans' right to full citizenship. |
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9b.html
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| | Voting Privacy |
| | DRE makers such as Diebold, Sequoia and ESandS refuse to make their software code available to the public to assess, nor are they willing to publicize the kind of testing they do. | | | Declaration of Peter Neumann before a U.S. District Court regarding electronic voting. | | | EAC’s late start did not allow them the time that was necessary to develop federal standards that would guide the states in the use of the funds made available. |
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http://www.epic.org/privacy/voting
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| | Voting Rights |
| | Oral arguments will be heard in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth District of the State of Texas in Beaumont on September 19, 2002, at 9:00 A.M. Members and interested parties are welcome to attend. | | | Visit What's Hot at www.escapees.com to read the complete details and learn the latest in full-timers battle to retain their rights as citizens of the United States. | | | The District Court will be the starting gate, but the finish line could very well be the steps of the Supreme Court. |
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http://www.rvhometown.com/HTML/Whats_Hot/Voting_Rights.htm
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| | Brennan Center for Justice - Voting Rights Restoration |
| | Letter from Catherine Weiss in Support of 2005 Nebraska Bill No. 53, which would restore voting rights to people with felony convictions once they have completed their sentences (January 20, 2005) | | | Brennan Center Memo on Restoring Voting Rights to People Who Have Completed Prison Sentences on Felony Convictions in Iowa (May 11, 2005) | | | Leading Civil Rights Organizations Bring Expertise to a Pioneering Vote Restoration Case (January 15, 2003) |
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http://www.brennancenter.org/programs/dem_vr_fvr.html
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| | EP Resources Page |
| | This report, written by the Civil Rights Program of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty provides accurate and authoritative information concerning the legal rights of homeless people with respect to voter registration. | | | Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Voting Project | | | You will also find Spanish or Bilingual versions of these "long" Bills of Rights for select states. |
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http://www.electionprotection2004.org/resources.htm
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| | Civil Rights - Law and History/Voting Rights |
| | The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits discrimination in voting practices or procedures because of race and color. | | | The 1965 Act, however, made huge strides towards making voting rights a reality. | | | The civil rights activists decided to hold a memorial march from Selma to the state capitol in Montgomery on March. |
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http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/crt/voting.htm
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| | civilrights.org - Protect Voting Rights: Renew the VRA |
| | LBJ Remarks at the Signing of the Voting Rights Act | | | The American Promise: LBJ Remarks Upon Introduction of the Voting Rights Act | | | LCCREF Statement on the 40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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http://www.renewthevra.org
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| | We must defend voting rights in America, not just Iraq |
| | When Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, he predicted that there would be a fundamental upheaval in the South, and that Democrats might well lose that region for a generation. | | | We saw it once more in 2004, in Ohio. | | | But today, Republicans are shameless in their disregard for that right and Democrats are too passive in defense of it. |
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| | Immigrant Voting Project --Democracy for All |
| | a state with a long history of nonresident voting rights which seeks to amend the state constitution to restore those rights (along with voting rights for ex-offenders). | | | Check back frequently for additional states or contact us if you are looking for information on your own state and have not yet seen it posted. | | | The Immigrant Voting Project and New York University Law Students for Human Rights have compiled histories of immigrant voting in each of the 50 states. |
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http://www.immigrantvoting.org
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| | Voting Rights Help for People With Disabilities |
| | Spanish: Right to Vote When You Are in a Facility or Under a Conservatorship (PAI #5414.02) | | | Non-PAI publications: If these non-PAI materials are not on line, you may order copies directly from the publisher by title, or from PAI by publication number. | | | Right to Vote When You Are in a Facility or Under a Conservatorship (PDF) |
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http://www.pai-ca.org/PUBS/402201.htm
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| | District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Had it succeeded, the amendment would have repealed the Twenty-Third Amendment and would have granted the District of Columbia the full voting rights of a U.S. state. | | | The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution. | | | Provisions of the statehood constitution are still upheld in the electing of local shadow United States Senator to lobby Congress on behalf of local interests. |
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http://www.netipedia.com/index.php/DC_Voting_Rights_Amendment
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| | Voting Rights Project |
| | With the indispensable assistance of private law firms, the Voting Rights Project is an integrated program of Litigation, Advocacy and Education. | | | The Voting Rights Project litigates cases under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, the Voting Rights Act, and the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. | | | The Voting Rights Project seeks to expand the franchise to people with felony convictions by educating them about restoring their voting rights and by challenging particular state laws that have the purpose or the result of discriminating against minority voters. |
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http://www.lawyerscomm.org/projects/votingrights.html
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| | Black Box Voting - Welcome to www.BlackBoxVoting.org, Consumer protection for elections |
| | Portions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 are set to expire in 2007. Let's take a look at what rights we will retain, and what we stand to lose: | | | Several voting rights protections will disappear in 2007: | | | The right to vote for minority groups: Will NOT expire. This right became part of the Constitution on March 30, 1870&; in the 15th Amendment. It's the tinkering with this right that will change, not the right itself. |
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http://www.blackboxvoting.org
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| | History of African-American voting rights - part II |
| | Constitutional Issues - History of African-American voting rights - part II - http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/constitutional_issues/12366 | | | History of African-American voting rights - part II Subject: | | | As the twentieth century approached, the Supreme Court announced five consolidated cases that challenged the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act of 1875. |
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http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/constitutional_issues/12366
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| | AALDEF: Voting Rights |
| | To increase public awareness about voting rights and violations, we also briefed Asian language media about the monitoring work. | | | What's New Civil Rights Press Releases Join AALDEF Volunteer About Us Site Map Donate | | | By extension, with several Justices advanced in years, the next president also will decide who should get lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court. |
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http://www.aaldef.org/voting.html
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| | Warriors for voting rights keep up fight ajc.com |
| | Another area of contention is the right of convicted felons to vote. | | | Voting rights advocates claim laws that make it difficult for felons to regain the right to vote are disproportionately denying the vote to minorities, particularly African-Americans. | | | Republicans and Democrats on the pilgrimage Friday agreed the act will be reauthorized in 2007, following debates over its provisions this year and in 2006. |
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http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/0305/05march.html
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| | National Youth Rights Association - Voting Age |
| | Serious proposals from the United Kingdom to Massachusetts to Alaska have started discussion on the voting age and NYRA is getting involved with it. | | | Keep up to date on developments in the movement to lower the voting age, both in the United States and abroad. | | | This article makes the case that youth are too dumb and immature to vote, and the age should be raised to 30. |
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http://www.youthrights.org/votingage.shtml
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| | UCP: Public Policy - Voter Rights |
| | The UCP supported "the Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2001" (S-565/HR-1170) would remedy these problems by setting minimum voting rights that must be met throughout the nation. | | | The right to vote in our country is fundamental to securing all of our other rights as Americans. | | | Help America Vote Act (HAVA) State Implementation Plans |
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http://www.ucp.org/ucp_generalsub.cfm/1/8/12056
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| | NCH's Voting Rights Campaign |
| | The complete campaign packet contains tips on voter registration drives, candidate forums, get-out-the-vote efforts, state and federal registration policies and laws, proposed legislation, and legal rights. | | | The campaign seeks to protect and promote the right of homeless people to vote through a five-pronged strategy of registration, education, get-out-the-vote, legislation and litigation. | | | The campaign has been successful in getting 10 states (Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Nebraska, Oregon and West Virginia) to pass laws giving homeless people the right to vote. |
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| | DC Vote |
| | Content and images copyright © 2003-2005 DC Vote. | | | After Iraq, Let's Bring Democratic Rights to Millons of Americans | | | Learn About the DC Fairness in Representation Act: H.R. DC Vote Launches Students for DC Vote Initiative |
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| | The History of CORE |
| | The Voting Rights Act was extended in 1970, 1975, and 1982 and despite some setbacks and debates, the Voting Rights Act had an enormous impact. | | | Two days later, the President sent the Voting Rights bill to Congress. | | | The Voting Rights Act of 1965, meant to reverse this disenfranchisement, grew out of both public protest and private political negotiation. |
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http://www.core-online.org/history/voting_rights.htm
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| | American Civil Liberties Union |
| | ACLU of Minnesota Pleased With Court Order Protecting Native American Voting Rights | | | If portions of the Voting Rights Act are not renewed and restored, the fundamental right to vote could be jeopardized for millions of Americans. | | | The Voting Rights Act: What It Has Meant and What Is at Stake |
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http://www.aclu.org/VotingRights/VotingRightsMain.cfm
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| | t r u t h o u t - Voter Rights |
| | I recently received a form from the Florida republican party to request a mail-in vote form. | | | Elderly voters examine the new electronic voting devices on the eve of the November 2nd Presidential election. | | | I would prefer voting in Florida because even though I am a registered republican, I have every intention of voting for Senator Kerry and my vote would have more of an impact in FL. |
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http://www.truthout.org/voters.rights.htm
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| | Welcome to The American Presidency |
| | Copyright © 2005 Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. | | | The 2004 U.S. Presidential Election: How We Vote |
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| | Dennis Kucinich on Voting Rights |
| | I support measures such as Election Day as a holiday, election-day voter registration, enhanced voting rights enforcement, an end to the racially biased disenfranchisement of felons who have served their time, and full Congressional representation for residents of the District of Columbia. | | | Over a million black males have unjustly been deprived of their right to vote. | | | The national media's collective silence on the intentional purging of a disproportionate number of black voters in Florida in 2000 is living proof that the race card is alive and well in the Republican party. |
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http://www.kucinich.us/issues/voting_rights.php
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| | AllRefer Reference - 404 Error Document |
| | We encourage you to verify any critical information with the relevant authorities. | | | Copyright © 2005 Par Web Solutions All Rights reserved. |
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| | Congressman Dennis Kucinich |
| | Kucinich: Administration Must Not Use Katrina To Push Extreme Right Wing Agenda |
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