Voting Rights Act Of
Events (27)
- August 6, 1965: Voting Rights Act Bans Racial, Ethnic Discrimination in Elections 1965-08-06
- March 30, 1976: Supreme Court Abrogates Part of Voting Rights Act, Finds Redistricting Can Be Unfair to Minorities 1976-03-30
- April 22, 1980: Supreme Court Abrogates Major Portion of Voting Rights Act 1980-04-22
- June 29, 1989: Voting Rights Act Reauthorized until 2014 1989-06-29
- June 28, 1993: Supreme Court Restricts Electoral District Mapping Based on Race 1993-06-28
- June 29, 1995: Supreme Court Further Limits Redistricting Based on Racial Concerns 1995-06-29
- May 12, 1997: Supreme Court Gives Permission for Racially Discriminatory Redistricting 1997-05-12
- December 12, 2003: Justice Department Lawyers Find Texas Redistricting Plan Unconstitutional, Senior Officials Overrule Judgment 2003-12-12
- June 29, 2005: Voting Rights Section Chief Writes Four-Page Letter Defending Disparity in Voting Machines among White and Black Voters in Ohio County 2005-06-29
- October 4, 2005: Congressional Republicans Strongly Backing Renewal of 1965 Voting Rights Act 2005-10-04
- December 2, 2005: Washington Post Reports that Justice Department Lawyers Found Texas Redistricting Plan to Be Illegal 2005-12-02
- December 5, 2005: Former Justice Department Lawyer Accuses DOJ of Partisan Political Decision in Texas Redistricting Approval 2005-12-05
- June 22, 2006: House Republicans Cancel Vote on Renewal of Voting Rights Act 2006-06-22
- June 28, 2006: Supreme Court Upholds Most of Texas’s Controversial Redistricting Map 2006-06-28
- July 7, 2006: Court Rules that Washington State’s Felon Disenfranchisement Laws Are Valid 2006-07-07
- July 13, 2006: US House Passes Voting Rights Act Renewal Bill over Conservative Opposition, Obstruction Efforts 2006-07-13
- July 20, 2006: Senate Votes 98-0 to Reauthorize Voting Rights Act 2006-07-20
- July 27, 2006: President Bush Signs Voting Rights Act Reauthorization; Law Overturns Supreme Court Decisions Protecting Discriminatory Practices 2006-07-27
- March 9, 2009: Supreme Court Narrows Voting Rights Act Provisions 2009-03-09
- June 22, 2009: Supreme Court Dodges Question of Voting Rights Act’s Constitutionality 2009-06-22
- October 7, 2010: Appeals Court Finds Washington State’s Felon Disenfranchisement Law Does Not Violate Federal Standards 2010-10-07
- January 7-25, 2011: Florida Governor Withdraws Request to Have Justice Department Review Redistricting Amendments 2011-01-07
- October 18, 2011 and After: Conservative Commentator Publishes Book Bemoaning Loss of ‘White’ ‘Christian’ Majority in America 2011-10-18
- June 2011: Republican Presidential Candidate: ‘America Was a Great Country before 1965’
- 1975: Voting Rights Act Extended
- 1970: Congress Renews Voting Rights Act
- 2002-2004: Texas Republicans Redraw State Electoral Districts, Critics Claim Map Gerrymandered