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GGD-84-9 1 (1983-12-19)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL

Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Civil And

Constitutional Rights, Committee On The Judiciary

House Of Representatives


OF THE UNITED STATES



Justice Can Further Improve

Its Monitoring Of Changes In

State/Local Voting Laws


The 1965 Voting Rights Act, as amended,
was designed to prevent discriminatory
practices that deny U.S. citizens belonging
to racial or language minorities their constitu-
tional right to vote and otherwise participate
in the electoral process equally with other
citizens. The Department of Justice is re-
sponsible for enforcement of this act.

'A 1978 GAO report on Justice's activities to
enforce and administer the act contained
numerous recommendations to improve
Justice's efforts. GAO found, in its current
study, that Justice has taken positive steps
to improve its monitoring of changes in
State/local voting laws. However, problems
still exist which require Justice's attention.
These problems entail identifying voting
changes implemented by a jurisdiction with-
out Justice's prior approval as required by
law, assuring that voting changes objected
to by Justice are not implemented by the
jurisdiction, and requiring jurisdictions to
submit all required documentation to support
a voting change.




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