Section 4 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act provided a formula for identifying states that deserved federal oversight — called preclearance — due to a history of discrimination against minority groups. The Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that the criteria for such supervision were badly outdated. The justices said Congress could draft new ones, but there’s been little progress on a revision of the law.
…For Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, reimposing preclearance would be unacceptable.
“The bill has been written to target certain states and certain communities unfairly,” he said. “I don’t trust a trigger to reflect the need for preclearance.”
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