By a vote of 96-3, Ford was easily confirmed. Click to learn who the three dissenting votes were.
Explore current and historical political parties, map party control, and learn about polarization.
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited racial discrimination in voting by protecting voting rights. It banned poll taxes and literacy tests and required states with historians of Jim Crow discrimination to seek advance clearance before changing and requiring states with histories of Jim Crow discrimination to obtain advance clearance to change laws governing voting.
