Extension of the Voting Rights Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, May 6, 7, 13, 19, 20, 27, 28, June 3, 5, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, and July 13, 1981, Մաս 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - 2813 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 100–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... voting strength . In these 98 counties 490 county officials are elected every four years for staggered terms ; however ... At - large Election Schemes This device is probably the single most harmful device used against minorities . In ...
... voting strength . In these 98 counties 490 county officials are elected every four years for staggered terms ; however ... At - large Election Schemes This device is probably the single most harmful device used against minorities . In ...
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... at - large system frustrates the Chicano population occurred recently in ... election day , she lost by 150 votes ; she asked us what she did wrong ... voting in Dimmitt , Chicanos will never have representation on the Dimmitt ISD school ...
... at - large system frustrates the Chicano population occurred recently in ... election day , she lost by 150 votes ; she asked us what she did wrong ... voting in Dimmitt , Chicanos will never have representation on the Dimmitt ISD school ...
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... elections ten years ago because Chicanos no longer ran for office . They no longer ran because they couldn't 8 win in at - large elections . Such feelings of inefficacy are common . " Annexations Annexations work together with the at ...
... elections ten years ago because Chicanos no longer ran for office . They no longer ran because they couldn't 8 win in at - large elections . Such feelings of inefficacy are common . " Annexations Annexations work together with the at ...
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... to the Georgia House of Representatives on a districtwide basis . And although that district contains a large percentage - not a majority - of blacks , blacks are complaining about the size of the district diluting their voting strength ...
... to the Georgia House of Representatives on a districtwide basis . And although that district contains a large percentage - not a majority - of blacks , blacks are complaining about the size of the district diluting their voting strength ...
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... large parts of Georgia and the South . And the newspaper then went on to cite some specific instances . Equally ... elections to at - large elections , annexations , and similar devices have been employed in efforts to dilute minority ...
... large parts of Georgia and the South . And the newspaper then went on to cite some specific instances . Equally ... elections to at - large elections , annexations , and similar devices have been employed in efforts to dilute minority ...
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absentee ballots Alabama amended annexation areas at-large elections at-large voting Attorney bill black candidates black citizens black elected officials black population black voters black voting strength bloc voting BOYD BRINSON Burke County Chairman changes Chicano city council civil rights commissioners committee Constitution covered jurisdictions Democratic denied Department of Justice dilution discrimination District Court Edgefield County EDWARDS effect enacted extended Federal filed Georgia gerrymandering Hale County Harris County Hispanic HYDE Justice Department legislation legislature litigation majority black mayor Mexican Americans minority Mississippi municipal NAACP number of black objection percent black Pike County plaintiffs political process precinct preclearance Prepared statement primary race racial bloc voting reapportionment redistricting registered to vote registered voters registrars residents right to vote Rome school board Senate South Carolina subcommittee submitted Sumter County Supreme Court Taliaferro County testimony Texas Thank tion Virginia voter registration Voting Rights Act Washington
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Էջ 147 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Էջ 5 - ... We Shall Overcome" We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome some day.
Էջ 137 - The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Էջ 85 - I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Էջ 705 - State, who are entitled to vote by the constitution thereof herein recognized, except as a punishment for such crimes as are now felonies at common law, whereof they shall have been duly convicted...
Էջ 325 - Voters who are members of a racial minority might well be in the majority in one district, but in a decided minority in the county as a whole. This type of change could therefore nullify their ability to elect the candidate of their choice, just as would prohibiting some of them from voting.
Էջ 19 - Columbia for a declaratory judgment that such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure does not have the purpose and will not have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color...
Էջ 403 - God Bless America. * Land that I love ™ Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam God bless America My home sweet home.
Էջ 237 - ... voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure with respect to voting...
Էջ 795 - Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St.