Date: 1968-02-26
Result:
307-45
Vote Subject Matter:
Civil Liberties
/ Domestic Social Policy
Bill number: S989
Description: TO PASS S. 989, A BILL TO PROVIDE IMPROVED JUDICIAL MACHINERY FOR THE SELECTION OF FEDERAL JURIES. THE BILL AUTHORIZES SELECTION OF JURORS AT RANDOM FROM VOTER LISTS, IN AN ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION IN THE SELECTION OF JURIES.
Original source documents:
Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 114-28, p. H13;
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