New Bill Seeks to Expand CA’s Voting Rights Act

From The Sacramento Bee:

The U.S. Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, struck down a portion of the federal Voting Rights Actlast year, saying its 1960s-era provisions were no longer applicable to 21st-century conditions.

The invalidated section required voting changes in nine Southern states to receive pre-clearance from the federal courts or the U.S. Justice Department, including the redrawing of legislative, congressional and local government districts. But its rigid voting history formula also was applied elsewhere, including four counties in California.

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