Change: federal preclearance from the Department of Justice before they could change voting laws. Many consider the act to be highly successful and directly responsible for a more representative America, both at the polls and in elected officials.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 131)

Change: tests and poll taxes, administered primarily to weed out Black citizens. It also provided for federal registration and Department of Justice oversite to registration practices in areas in which less than 50% of minority voters were registered to vote. It also required areas in which   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 95)

Change: Created by joda586 Mar 19 2007, 10:00 PM EDT for: no reason given