Is There Racial Discrimination at the Polls? Voters' Experience in the 2008 Election
In 1965, the United States Congress enacted the Voting Rights Act to end discrimination against black voters at the polls in Southern states and throughout the nation. The Act prohibited the use of “tests” and other devices used to prevent people from voting. At issue was not the content of tests th...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | en_US |
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Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97649 |