The Act not only prohibited States from denying the right to vote based on race, but it also required certain States and other local jurisdictions that had practiced the most severe forms of discrimination to get approval from the Justice Department or from a Federal district court before making any changes to their voting laws.
Nadler explains the Voting Rights Act's purpose and its preclearance requirement.
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