A bill to terminate the effect of provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that require bilingual ballots and election materials.

Summary

Repeals the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that require ballots and other election materials be available in a language other than English.

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Timeline

1. 29 March 1984

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 29 March 1984

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 April 1984

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 29 March 1984

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. East, John P. [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Mattingly, Mack [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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