Frank Sensenbrenner actually said...

in the absence of an effective pre-clearance regime, there is a high risk that these discriminatory measures will undermine the voting right...

He is a Republican from Wisconsin. He sponsored the Voting Rights Act. He was one of the few Republicans who supported the Voting Rights Act...

In the absence of an effective pre-clearance regime, there is a high risk that these discriminatory measures will undermine the voting right...

the onus is now on Congress to create a new coverage formula to reinvigorate the Act's most important enforcement mechanism--its preclearanc...