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DOCUfENT RES UMfE
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Department of Jcsticeis 'nforcement Activities Regarding the
Voting Rights Act of - as Amended. February 6, 1978. 16 pp.
Testimony before the 4use Committee on the Judiciary, Civil and
Constitutional Rigt '.lbcOmnittee; ty Victor L. Lcwe, Director,
General Govezrnment D.
Contact: General Govp3:rpent Div.
Organization ConcernfW: Department of Justice.
congressional Pelevauce.: House Committee on the Judiciary! Civil
and ConstitutionT'iights Sutncoamitte,.
Authority: Voting Riqrht nAct of 1965, as avended.
The Voting R44rts Act of 1965, as amended, was design4d
to alleviate racial 4nd 1anguage disctimiuatie in voting and to
enable racial and mo 1ty language citizens to have the same
electoral rights and op 'ortunLti . as other 4mericns. The
Department of Justice's program for enforcing the act has
contributed towards iking its objectives, but certaii
ismproveaerixs arc- re4 Deficien'cies idetified vere: lack of
assurance that state apd localities are fully complying aith
provisions Zor Feder .!_'_eview of changes in the electnrai
process; failure to pe4orm comprehensive evaluations of the
examiner and observer proqrams; liniteL litigative activity by
the Department of Jli;&e; limited usefulness cf the Census
bureau's biennial sU4 IW in identifying jurisdictions-with
voting problems; andj aknesses in isplementig language
provisions iL and difficultiea in identifying populations
ne-dinq arsistance. the act's objectiv's could be more fully
realized ir tue Attorney Generel: improved corpliance by
developing procedures for disasminatimg informiticn to States
and localities, identitying noncompiiance, and conducting
followup reviews; reassessed current Uepartweut guidelines fo0
documentation related to voting 1zw changes; d veloped data and
information systems: provided more assistacae to election
officials; assessed cOst, factors- and made other organizational
ind personnel changes. . ongress should consider amendi q
minority language provisions and reassess the requirement for
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