Literacy Tests and Voter Requirements in Federal and State Elections: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United State Senate, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second Session on S. 480, S. 2750, and 2979U.S. Government Printing Office, 1962 - 688 páginas |
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... necessary . During these hearings , I hope we will receive testimony with regard to these tests and how they are administered . We will undoubtedly learn further of their use and their misuse . We will receive testimony as to what ...
... necessary . During these hearings , I hope we will receive testimony with regard to these tests and how they are administered . We will undoubtedly learn further of their use and their misuse . We will receive testimony as to what ...
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... necessary for the intelligent exercise of the franchise is available through Spanish - language news sources ; that lack of proficiency in the English language provides no reasonable basis for exclud- ing these citizens from ...
... necessary for the intelligent exercise of the franchise is available through Spanish - language news sources ; that lack of proficiency in the English language provides no reasonable basis for exclud- ing these citizens from ...
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... necessary to make effective the guarantees contained in the 14th and 15th amendments by eliminating unreasonable re- strictions on the right to vote , which occurs through denial of the right to persons with at least six grades of ...
... necessary to make effective the guarantees contained in the 14th and 15th amendments by eliminating unreasonable re- strictions on the right to vote , which occurs through denial of the right to persons with at least six grades of ...
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... necessary , then an amendment would be the legal and appropriate method to secure their wish and the only constitutional method of doing so . I do not know what precipitated the Commission's remarkable turn- about from the 1959 ...
... necessary , then an amendment would be the legal and appropriate method to secure their wish and the only constitutional method of doing so . I do not know what precipitated the Commission's remarkable turn- about from the 1959 ...
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... necessary . Article I , section 4 The authors of these bills , in addition to the 14th and 15th amend- ments , have looked to article I , section 4 of the Constitution for au- thority to enact this legislation . That section , in plain ...
... necessary . Article I , section 4 The authors of these bills , in addition to the 14th and 15th amend- ments , have looked to article I , section 4 of the Constitution for au- thority to enact this legislation . That section , in plain ...
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15th amendment account of race action adopted apply appropriate legislation arbitrary Attorney General KENNEDY authority basis bill Chairman citizens Civil Rights Commission clause completed the sixth condition of servitude counties CREECH Dean GRISWOLD decision denial denied the right deprive discrimination discriminatory due process enact enforce English language equal protection equal protection clause exercise fact Federal elections Federal Government franchise Happersett HARRIS Judge OLD Lassiter legislature literacy requirements literacy tests manner of holding ment Mississippi Negroes North Carolina Northampton County numerous branch officers person power of Congress prescribe the qualifications previous condition provisions Puerto Rico qualifications of voters question race or color reasonable registrar regulate right to vote Senator CARROLL Senator ERVIN Senator JAVITS Senator KEATING sixth grade education Spanish language standards statement statute subcommittee Supreme Court tion U.S. Attorney U.S. SENATOR unconstitutional United valid violation vote on account voter qualifications Yarbrough
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