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A r u b a ’ s O N L Y E n g l i s h n e w s p a p e r
Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper
Supreme Court tossed out

the heart of Voting Rights

Act a decade ago

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and AYANNA ALEXANDER
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court
decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights
Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a
strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal
court. Lawmakers in Alabama said they would press for-
ward with a similar law that had been on hold. The ruling
a decade ago continues to reverberate across the coun-
try, as Republican-led states pass voting restrictions that,
in several cases, would have been subject to federal re-
view had the court left the provision intact. At the same
time, the conservative-leaning court has continued to
take other cases challenging elements of the landmark
1965 law. The Supreme Court weakened another section
of the Voting Rights Act two years ago with a ruling in a People wait in line outside the Supreme Court in Washington to listen to oral arguments in a voting
case from Arizona. rights case on Feb. 27, 2013.
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