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Title
- Main Title Congressional Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act: A Legal Overview
Creator
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Author: Whitaker, L. PaigeCreator Type: PersonalCreator Info: Legislative Attorney
Publisher
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Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.Place of Publication: Washington D.C.
Date
- Creation: 2013-08-30
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: This report provides a legal overview of Section 2 of the VRA, a key provision affecting congressional redistricting, and selected Supreme Court case law. It discusses Sections 4 and 5, and the recent Supreme Court decision holding Section 4(b) unconstitutional, Shelby County v. Holder. Section 4 contained a coverage formula that identified states and jurisdictions that were required to gain federal approval or "preclearance" to proposed redistricting plans under Section 5. The report also provides an overview of selected legislation in the 112th and 113th Congresses that would establish additional requirements and standards for congressional redistricting.
- Physical Description: 16 pages.
Subject
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Congressional districts
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Election districts
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Congress
Primary Source
- Item is not a Primary Source
Coverage
- Place Name: United States
Collection
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Name: Congressional Research Service ReportsCode: CRSR
Institution
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Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentCode: UNTGD
Resource Type
- Report
Format
- Text
Identifier
- CRS Report Number: R42482
- Accession or Local Control No: R42482_2013Aug30
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc267810