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Key Vote 86th Congress > Senate > Vote 282

Date: April 07, 1960

Result: 79-12

Vote Subject Matter: Civil Liberties / Domestic Social Policy

Sponsor: DIRKSEN, Everett McKinley (R-IL)

Bill number: HR8601

Description: HR. 8601. DIRKSEN AMEND. TO SPECIFY THAT A COURT SHOULD NOT ALLOW A NEGRO WHOSE APPLICATION HAD BEEN CHALLENGED BY STATE OFFICIALS TO VOTE PROVISIONALLY UNLESS THE COURT WAS SATISFIED THAT THE NEGRO MET STATE QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING.

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