The Voting Rights Act of 1965

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited literacy test at voting places, allowed federal oversight into populations made uno f minorities to attempt to fight gerrymandering. As a result, african american voting increased by a multitude.

The Enforcement:

-Allowed the attorney general to investigate voting laces that might attempt to continue poll taxes despite them becoming illegal at the federal level in 1964

-The primary enforcement requirement is referred to as advanced approval by the DOJ in regards to any voting law change so that states could not avoid the provisions of the…

-The majority of states that pre clearances were enforced upon were southern states due to their allegiances in the civil war.

24th Amendement: ratified on january 23,1964. The right of citizens of the united states could vote primary other election for president or vice president for electors for president or vice president or for the senator.

Court Cases: Breedlove v. Suttles (1937) and Harper v. Virginia Board of elections (1966) involved during this time period were.

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