The Elephant in the Room: NAMUDNO, Shelby County, and Racially Polarized Voting
A key provision of the Voting Rights Act was rendered ineffective by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 5 to 4 decision in 2013. The provision, focused primarily on governments in the South, required them to gain federal “preclearance” for changes in their election arrangements before they could be impleme...
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2015-04-01
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| Series: | Transatlantica |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/7427 |