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Race Based Voting Discrimination Case Study

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The Supreme Court’s decision has raised many concerns. While some individuals see this ruling as America taking another step in the right direction, in order to build a stronger more united nation that’s no longer haunted by the dark past of slavery. Others fear that this ruling will continue to perpetuate voting discrimination in states where discrimination was and is still very common. In Justice Ginsburg dissent to the court’s majority ruling she states that “everyone can agree that race-based voting discrimination still persists2”. Yet, despite this mutual understanding of race issues in America the section 4 coverage of the Voters Rights Act was still stroke down. A decision that many activists, leaders and government officials disagree

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