“Telling people they should be voting only if they’re voting among
those of their own kind and encouraging racial segregation and racial
gerrymandering is quite at odds with the original ideals of the Voting
Rights Act and the civil rights movement,” said Roger Clegg, president
and general counsel at the Center for Equal Opportunity.
Clegg,
speaking at a recent Heritage Foundation panel discussion, said Section
5 is to blame for less-competitive congressional districts and more
ideological polarization in Washington.
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