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Make all voting districts subject to Preclearance.

Created by D.A. on June 25, 2013

In order to remedy the cynical SCOTUS ruling in Shelby County v. Holder (June 25, 2013), please introduce legislation such that every district in the country would become subject to the Preclearance provisions of Section 5. If the argument against the current formula is fairness to the formerly scrutinized districts, making all districts subject should answer that issue. And anyone willing to argue against such an amendment to the Act would clearly be arguing from a position of prejudice and would be signaling an intent to undermine the purpose of the Act. And the handful of new positions that the Justice Department would need to add to handle review of additional cases could not hurt our unemployment problem.

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