Voting rights law under high court review

[Terri]

By MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
January 10, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Days before the first black president takes office, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider overturning a key feature of the main federal law that ensures access to the polls by minorities.

The justices said they will review a lower court ruling upholding a provision of the Voting Rights Act that requires all or parts of 16 states with a history of racial discrimination, most in the South, to get approval before implementing any changes in the way elections are held.

In 2006, Congress voted overwhelmingly to extend the measure for another 25 years. The 1965 law was designed to prevent governments from making it harder for minorities to vote.

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[utexas]

More Federal Government interference and tyranny as a result of the South’s defeat in the Civil War. Reconstruction continues in another name.

[elmerck1]

Amen "u texas" and the only voting rights that are being violated that I know of is the right to not vote more than one time. Shoot, they even vote grave yard people to stuff the boxes on election day.I don't see that as violating any rules, but honesty.

[MamaCat]

I may be misunderstanding, but this sounds like a good thing to me. The high court is considering

overturning a key feature of the main federal law that ensures access to the polls by minorities

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The provision of the Voting Rights Act that is in question is the one

that requires all or parts of 16 states with a history of racial discrimination, most in the South, to get approval before implementing any changes in the way elections are held

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So if they overturn it, then those rights go back to the states to run their own elections. Right? Sounds like less meddling by fed govt rather than more. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[candles]

What ever happened to Equal voting rights for all Americans?