The Impact of the Negro Vote on Alabama Elections Since the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Page: 38
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weapons has been perfected. Boundary lines have
been gerrymandered, elections have switched to an
at-large basis, counties have been consolidated,
full-slate voting has been instituted, elective
offices have been abolished where blacks had a
chance of winning, the terns of white officials
have been extended. . • and both physical an&
economic intimidation have been employed. • • •
Because of such obstacles, we need more time.
. . . The bill which I introduced today would
allow the act to continue for five more years
as presently in effect. ... It preserves.the
only voting rights law that really works.
Leading the attack on the extension of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 was Attorney General John N. Mitchell,
who supported the administration-backed substitute bill
which would extend the provisions of the 1965 act to all
fifty states. Many Capitol Hill observers, noting the op-
position to the bill by substantial numbers of Republicans,
concluded that its purpose was largely political, aimed at
increasing Republican popularity in the South.Speaking
before the House, Representative John Conyers of Michigan
quoted Mitchell as follows:
The proposal for a simple five-year extension
of the 1965 Voting Rights Act leaves the under-edu-
cated ghetto Negro as today's forgotten man in vot-
ing rights legislature. . . .It is not enough to
continue to protect Negro voters in seven states.
... I t is unrealistic today to ignore the ghettos
^Congressional Record, 91st Congress, 1st Session,
January 30 1969 > p 2267.
^Congressional Record, 91st Congress, 1st Session,
July 2, 1969, p. I8297.
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Smith, Dale Cheryl. The Impact of the Negro Vote on Alabama Elections Since the Voting Rights Act of 1965, thesis, May 1972; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131520/m1/45/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .