Voting Rights Act

By: Melanie, Shams, Angel, Steven, and

Vanessa
What is the Voting
● The Voting Right Act was effective on August 6,
1965

Right Act ● The Bill was passed through senate by a vote of

77-19 and was passed through the House of
Representatives by 333-85

● Signed by President Johnson and other civil

right leaders to prevent racial discrimination in
voting

● This Act allowed the Blacks to have the right to

vote in Southern States without being tested
Gerrymandering
● 1812
● Signed by Governor Elbridge (Massachusetts)
Case ● Gerrymandering establishes a political
advantage for a party/group by manipulating the
district boundaries
● Used to increase power of political parties and
minorities
 ● Districts 1 and 12

North Carolina
● The republican assembly made tweaks
within the districts that were gerrymandered
and created a map of districts that were
geographic coherence which more black
voters were in certain districts and diluting
their voting rights
Supreme Court on
● On June 2013, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that
the Voting Right Act is no longer relevant

Voting Rights Act ● The chief justice Roberts argued this act
focused mainly on southern States

● He also argued discrimination looks different

today than it did at that period
 ● After the supreme court had ruled the Voting
Unresolved Issues Right Act court, many issues raised:

○ In Texas black and latino voters were

discriminated against

○ North Carolina made it difficult to vote, with

the intention to discriminate

○ North Carolina broken down the race

statistics and targeted mainly black voters

● Since the Act is irrelevant these issues are

unresolved
Citation
● http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/vo
ting-rights-act
● http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/j
un/25/court-past-voting-discrimination-no-longe
r-held/
● https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2
017/05/north-carolina-gerrymandering/527592/
● http://www.npr.org/2017/08/30/547065920/un
der-pressure-north-carolina-draws-new-voting-m
aps
● http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/supre
me-court-ruling.html
● http://www.theroot.com/it-s-time-to-revive-the-h
eart-of-the-voting-rights-act-1796298671