A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to protect the right to vote of persons of Spanish origin under the 14th and 15th amendments, and for the other purposes.

Summary

Sets forth the findings of Congress that specified procedures and practices exist with respect to election procedures which have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote of persons of Spanish origin. Requires that in areas in which the Director of the Census determines that more than 5 percent of the citizens of voting age are of Spanish origin and electoral procedures in the past have been conducted only in the English language, specified alterations in voting qualifications and procedures must take place. States that such procedures shall include the appointment of Federal voting examiners to enforce the guarantees of the fifteenth amendment, and the placement of otherwise qualified but non-English speaking persons on the official lists of eligible voters. Provides judicial procedures for enforcing the provisions of this Act.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 20 February 1975

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