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Protecting immigrant, indigenous, and illiterate Americans' voting rights
Congress has renewed the Voting Rights Act five times to counter ongoing voting discrimination. Among those pressing for these renewals was the League of Women Voters (LWV). This letter from the LWV of Southern Marin, California, urged Congress to extend the act's protections to language minority voters. The Voting Rights Act of 1975 required bilingual ballots and election materials in areas with significant minority populations and permanently banned literacy tests. |