Amendment109th Congress
Amendment sought to revise the formula in section 4 of the Voting Rights Act that determines which States and jurisdictions will be covered under section 5 of the Act.
- Amendment Number
- 1183
- Description
- Amendment sought to revise the formula in section 4 of the Voting Rights Act that determines which States and jurisdictions will be covered under section 5 of the Act.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 109-554 to update the formula in section 4 of the Voting Rights Act that determines which states and jurisdictions will be covered under Section 5 of the act. This updated formula would be a rolling test based off of the last three presidential elections. Any state would be subject to Section 5 if it currently has a discriminatory test in place or voter turnout of less than 50% in any of the three most recent presidential elections.
- Congress
- 109
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Jul 13, 2006
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Norwood amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 96 - 318 (Roll no. 370).
- Latest Action Time
- 16:59:56
- Submitted Date
- Jul 13, 2006
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Jul 10, 2021