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>They were effectively eliminated by the Voting Rights Act Except that key provisions of the act were struck down in 2013. Those provisions prevented states wi
by markc 6y ago
>They were effectively eliminated by the Voting Rights Act
Except that key provisions of the act were struck down in 2013. Those provisions prevented states with a history of disenfranchisement from changing their voting laws. Since the court ruling several of these states have started back on the path of disenfranchisement.
- joe_the_user 6y agoIndeed, I should have mentioned that too.
- kmonsen 6y agoYeah, the Supreme Court argument was the racism was no longer an issue so no reason to keep watching over those good old boys in the south.