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The court did not rule on Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, the preclearance requirement itself, which requires those affected states to have changes to their voting laws cleared by the Justice Department or a federal court in Washington, D.C., before they go into effect. ".Get our investigations delivered to your inbox with the Big Story newsletter.Thank you for your interest in republishing this story. The first is Section 5, which requires certain jurisdictions to obtain approval or “preclearance” from the US Department of Justice or the US District Court in D.C. before they can make any changes to voting practices or procedures. If the attorney general interposes an objection, then the change is not precleared and may not be implemented.In several cases, the Supreme Court has addressed the meaning of "discriminatory effect" and "discriminatory purpose" for Section 5 purposes. 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The first is Section 5, which requires certain jurisdictions to obtain approval or “preclearance” from the US Department of Justice or the US District Court in D.C. before they can make any changes to voting practices or procedures. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement on August 6, 1965, and Congress later amended the act five times to expand its protections. ),League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry,Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. In a 2009,Last week, six states covered under Section 5 filed an,So, could this Civil Rights-era provision soon be on its way out the door? If a jurisdiction seeks administrative preclearance, the attorney general will consider whether the proposed change has a discriminatory purpose or effect. Section 4(a) of the Act established a formula to identify those areas and to provide for more stringent remedies where appropriate.