Section Five of the Law provided Federal Oversight of State Regulations applied to citizens rights and access to vote in nine states with a history of discriminatory practices.
Earlier today, The Supreme Court just struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The decision was justified partially of the grounds that more People of Color were registered to vote, in the most recent election cycle, than ever before. Section Five of the Law provided Federal Oversight of State Regulations applied to citizens rights and access to vote in nine states with a history of discriminatory practices. John Roberts said that "Times Have Changed." Speaking on behalf of the 5-4 Conservative Majority, Chief Justice John Roberts, who has been working to have this law repealed since being being a young lawyer, cited higher Voter Registration Statistics & the number of Black Mayors in some of the areas that fall under this provision. This completely ignores the dozens of lawsuits that were filed, during the 2012 Elections, in regard to Voter Suppression Laws that were passed in multiple Republican-Led States such as Florida, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Texas, and others. Even after some of those laws were struck down, there were still a huge number of complaints in regard to issues that occurred at the polls. One must note that, without the protections set forth by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, would the numbers of registered Black, Latino & Asian Voters be so high? Black, Latino & Asian Mayors? Governors? Congressmen & Congresswomen? This now opens the door for a Republican-Dominated Congress to develop new laws that will restrict access to the vote, for those who would Rarely Ever vote Republican anyway. In recent years Congress has passed multiple provisions that allowed the re-drawing of voting districts, that directly contribute to the majority rule enjoyed in today's House of Representatives & U.S. Senate. Many died for this right-both well known, and not so well known. Most notably, it was the assassination of Medgar Evers & then President John F. Kennedy's mobilization of the Alabama National Guard to force integration of The University of Alabama that directly led to the passing of this bill in the first place. We cannot afford to forget. We cannot afford to let this go down, without a FIGHT. But alas, many of our people have no idea about this setback-and are more concerned with Kanye & Kim's newborn baby or the next Jay Z album. Gotta Wake Up People. OUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT.
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A.Y.
6/25/2013 10:58:16 am
Grandfather Clauses & Poll Taxes all over again. This is a 21st century Jim Crow law. Hence why I say Fuck America and you can quote me!
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