The simplest way of overcoming the US Supreme Court’s ruling in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act (which provides a formula to determine which US jurisdictions have to submit proposed changes in voting laws to the Department of Justice for pre-clearance) is unconstitutional is to pass legislation which would amend the Voting Rights Act to require ALL PROPOSED CHANGES TO VOTING LAWS everywhere in the United States to be submitted to the Department of Justice for pre-clearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. We, therefore, petition the Obama Administration to submit such legislation to Congress.



