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Civil rights and race relations materials, 1957-1964
H.R. 7152 Page 2
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2 1 TITLE I - VOTING RIGHTS 2 SEC. 101. Section 2004 of the Revised Statutes (42) 3 U.S.C. 1971), as amended by section 131 of the Civil 4 Rights Act of 1957 (71 Stat. 637), and as further amended 5 by section 601 of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (74 Stat.) 6 90), is further amended as follows: 7 (a) Insert "1" after "(a)" in subsection (a) and add 8 at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraphs: 9 "(2) No person acting under color of law shall- 10 "(A) in determining whether any individual is 11 qualified under State law or laws to vote in any Federal 12 election, apply any standard, practice, or procedure 13 different from the standards, practices, or procedures 14 applied under such law or laws to other individuals 15 within the same county, parish, or similar political sub- 16 division who have been found by State officials to be 17 qualified to vote; 18 "(B) deny the right of any individual to vote in 19 any Federal election because of an error or omission on 20 any record or paper relating to any application, registra- 21 tion, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or 22 omission is not material in determining whether such 23 individual is qualified under State law to vote in such 24 election; or 25 "(C) employ any literacy test as a qualification for
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2 1 TITLE I - VOTING RIGHTS 2 SEC. 101. Section 2004 of the Revised Statutes (42) 3 U.S.C. 1971), as amended by section 131 of the Civil 4 Rights Act of 1957 (71 Stat. 637), and as further amended 5 by section 601 of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (74 Stat.) 6 90), is further amended as follows: 7 (a) Insert "1" after "(a)" in subsection (a) and add 8 at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraphs: 9 "(2) No person acting under color of law shall- 10 "(A) in determining whether any individual is 11 qualified under State law or laws to vote in any Federal 12 election, apply any standard, practice, or procedure 13 different from the standards, practices, or procedures 14 applied under such law or laws to other individuals 15 within the same county, parish, or similar political sub- 16 division who have been found by State officials to be 17 qualified to vote; 18 "(B) deny the right of any individual to vote in 19 any Federal election because of an error or omission on 20 any record or paper relating to any application, registra- 21 tion, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or 22 omission is not material in determining whether such 23 individual is qualified under State law to vote in such 24 election; or 25 "(C) employ any literacy test as a qualification for
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