– Jim Jasinski

The Voting Rights Act is generally regarded as one of the most significant and effective federal laws in American history. But not many people beyond voting rights lawyers know very much about its key provisions. This [talk?] will describe the contested nature of two provisions: section five’s “preclearance” requirement and the second section’s prohibition of any voting “standard, practice, or procedure . . . that results in in a denial or abridgment of the right of any citizen . . . to vote on account of race.”