Voting Rights Act

[ voh-ting rahyts akt ]

noun

, U.S. Government.

1. a law enacted in 1965 that prohibited racially discriminatory voting practices, such as poll taxes and literacy tests, appointed federal examiners to facilitate voter registration among members of minority groups, and established federal oversight over election administration. : VRA

Example Sentences

In the modern era, it has had flaws introduced by SCOTUS, like the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, the unleashing of a tidal wave of big money into our politics, the myriad ways that, if we were to design a sort of platonic democracy, we would not include.

From Slate

They will not respect the Voting Rights Act’s mandate for racial fairness in redistricting, as Justice Brett Kavanaugh did.

From Slate

Along with the others in the statehood movement, I’ve been working with the national voting rights groups to create a voting rights package, including the Freedom to Vote Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, the Native American Voting Rights Act, and D.C. statehood.

From Slate

He wrote in his Shelby County decision, which eviscerated the Voting Rights Act, that “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

From Salon

Georgia was also required to adopt new maps under the Voting Rights Act, though they offset the new majority Black district they were required to include — and which will likely elect a Democrat — by diluting a different Democratic-leaning district.

From Salon