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Jim Sensenbrenner: “The onus is now on Congress to create a new coverage formula to reinvigorate the Act's most important enforcement…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 2019
The onus is now on Congress to create a new coverage formula to reinvigorate the Act's most important enforcement mechanism--its preclearance requirement.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Congress must update the Voting Rights Act's preclearance requirement to protect voting rights.

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