print email comment close Protect Voting Rights: Renew the VRA URL: http://renewthevra.civilrights.org/ Description: Information about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), which is up for renewal in 2007. The VRA is "the federal law that provides a mechanism for enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment's guarantee of equality in voting"; Section 5 "requires state and local governments in certain parts of the country to get federal approval ... before implementing any changes to their voting procedures." The site features a history, a FAQ, stories, and related information. Publisher: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund Extra Keywords Constitution preclearance black Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- Suffrage Election law -- United States United States. Constitution. 15th Amendment Voter registration LII Database Information: Record 8459 created by Maria Brandt on 08/08/2005 Last modification on 04/29/2006 Published: 08/08/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/8459