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GGD-78-19 1 (1978-02-06)

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                                                                      LM 045,54



    $0           REPORT OF THE

M          ' COMPT:.OLLER GENERAL
          - 0 OF THE UNITED STATES








                 Voting Rights Act--

                 Enforcement Needs Strengthening


                 Limited Federal efforts preclude assurance
                 that all States and localities are complying
                 with the Voting Rights Act, which is design-
                 ed to include citizens of ll races in the
                 electoral process. To strengthen enforce-
                 ment, the Department of Justice needs to

                     --initiate procedures to improve com-
                     pliance efforts;

                     --identify, systematically,  potenti3l
                     court action to enforce the law; and
                     --provide more assistance to election
                     oftIcials to meet minority language re-
                     qLuiremen is.

                 GAO identifies three issues that the Congress
                 needs to consider to strengthen the act fur-
                 *her.


FEBRUARY 6, 1978


GGD-78-19

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