Oh the irony! The pattern on voting restrictions that are challenged in court:

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Pattern so far: jurisdictions covered by VRA have had GOP-backed restrictions tossed, while those outside VRA have had them upheld.
http://twitter.com/chrislhayes/statuses/240539236921667584


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What are the key provisions of the Voting Rights Act?

The most important permanent provisions are Section 2, which bans racial discrimination in voting nationwide, and Sections 4 and 201, which ban literacy tests nationwide. The most important temporary provisions - provisions that get periodically reauthorized by Congress - are:

Section 5, which requires certain state and local governments (called "covered jurisdictions&quot to "preclear" proposed changes in voting or election procedures with either the U.S. Department of Justice or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and
Section 203, which requires that certain state and local jurisdictions provide assistance in languages other than English to voters who are not literate or fluent in English.
Sections 6-9, which give the U.S. Attorney General the power to send federal examiners and observers to monitor elections.
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http://www.civilrights.org/voting-rights/vra/faq.html#question1

Welp.....

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1. Bookmarked for further research

thanks