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[113H3899]
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(Original Signature of Member)
H. R. ll
114TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining
which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the
Act, and for other purposes.
A BILL
To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the
criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for
other purposes.
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TO RETAIN JURISDICTION.
(a) TYPES
OF
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ICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
(a) DETERMINATION
OF
STATES
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(1) IN
GENERAL.Section
ed to read as follows:
(b) DETERMINATION
OF
STATES
AND
POLITICAL
(1) EXISTENCE
(A)
STATEWIDE
APPLICATION.Sub-
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(B) APPLICATION
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years.
(2) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION.
(A) IN
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(ii) POLITICAL
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(4) DETERMINATION
PERSISTENT,
EX-
plies:
purposes
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(5) TIMING
(A) DETERMINATIONS
OF VOTING RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS.As
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(B)
DETERMINATIONS
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methodologies).
(C) EFFECTIVE
FEDERAL REGISTER.A
(6) OTHER
determination or cer-
DEFINITIONS.In
this subsection,
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to the quotient of
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sentence;
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of this subsection);
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of this subsection);
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(c) REPEAL
OF
RETENTION
OF
JURISDICTION
OF
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(a) TRANSPARENCY.
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TRANSPARENCY
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VOTING RIGHTS
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(1) NOTICE
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division.
(2) INFORMATION
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paragraph (2).
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6 section, the court shall grant the relief if the court deter7 mines that, on balance, the hardship imposed upon the
8 defendant by the issuance of the relief will be less than
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