Key Vote 89th Congress > Senate > Vote 51
Sponsor: ERVIN, Samuel James, Jr. (D-NC)
Description: TO AMEND THE MANSFIELD-DIRKSEN SUBSTITUTE FOR S. 1564, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965, BY STRIKING THE BILL'S FORMULA FOR TRIGGERING SUSPENSION OF LITERARY TESTS AND OTHER DEVICES, AND PROVIDING INSTEAD FOR COURT ACTIONS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WITHIN THE STATE WHERE THERE WAS ALLEGED VOTING DISCRIMINATION ON ACCOUNT OF RACE OR COLOR.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 111, p. S9470;
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