Key Vote 89th Congress > Senate > Vote 59
Sponsor: TALMADGE, Herman Eugene (D-GA)
Description: TO AMEND S. 1564, THE MANSFIELD-DIRKSEN SUBSTITUTE FOR THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT, BY STRIKING PROVISIONS REQUIRING PRIOR APPROVAL BY THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OF CHANGES IN VOTING QUALIFICATIONS IN STATES WHERE LITERACY TESTS HAD BEEN SUSPENDED.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 111, p. S10358;
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