"No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color."
- Section 2, Voting Rights Act of 1965
The specific goal stated in this section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was to
• establish voter qualifications such as literacy tests
stop fraudulent voting in large cities
• expand the use of property qualifications
© remove barriers to voting based on racial background
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• remove barriers to voting based on racial background