Louisiana, Redistricting, and the Voting Rights Act

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In North Carolina the republicans have been doing this for decades, even after:

the Federal supreme ruled against them
someone un-alived himself to cover up election fraud on the behalf of the republicans (good thing his daughter got hold of evidence and turned it in to he right people)
having to rerun an election because of republicans violated voting laws
 
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Voting Rights Act (1965)

EnlargeDownload Link Citation: An act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States and for other purposes, August 6, 1965; Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789-; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; National Archives View All...
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Section 2. No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.

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15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Voting Rights (1870)

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Fortieth Congress of the United States of America;

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Article XV.

Section 1. 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—

Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920)

EnlargeDownload Link Citation: Joint Resolution of Congress proposing a constitutional amendment extending the right of suffrage to women, approved June 4, 1919.; Ratified Amendments, 1795-1992; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; National Archives. View All Pages...
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Sixty-sixth Congress of the United States of America; At the First Session,

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"ARTICLE ————.

"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 sex.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
 
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