Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AlabamasGottenMeSoUpset" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AlabamasGottenMeSoUpset</span></a>: By requiring <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/preapproval" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>preapproval</span></a>, the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/VRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VRA</span></a> sought to prevent <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/discriminatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>discriminatory</span></a> practices from going into effect in the first place.<br />In 2013, however, the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ShelbyCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ShelbyCounty</span></a> v. Holder struck down the framework that determined which <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/jurisdictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>jurisdictions</span></a> were subject to the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/preclearance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>preclearance</span></a> requirement, effectively gutting this key <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/enforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>enforcement</span></a> measure.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/corruptrobertscourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruptrobertscourt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/JohnLewisVotingRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnLewisVotingRightsAct</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/StateVotingRightsLegislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StateVotingRightsLegislation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.naacpldf.org/why-state-and-federal-voting-rights-legislation-go-hand-in-hand/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">naacpldf.org/why-state-and-fed</span><span class="invisible">eral-voting-rights-legislation-go-hand-in-hand/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EnforceThe15th" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnforceThe15th</span></a></p>