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

Summary

Makes inapplicable after the enactment of this Act provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that require that ballots and other election materials be available in a language other than English.

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Timeline

1. 31 January 1985

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 31 January 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 13 May 1985

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.

   Source: Committee

4. 15 May 1985

   Committee

   Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Justice Department.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 31 January 1985

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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