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The United States Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed literacy tests and provided for federal registration of African-American voters in areas that had less than 50% of eligible voters registered.
- 1957 PL 85-315 Civil Rights Act
- 1960 PL 86-449 Civil Rights Act
- 1964 PL 88-352 Civil Rights Act
- 1964 24th Amendment Poll tax outlawed
- 1965 PL 89-110 Voting Rights Act
- 1970 PL 91-285 Voting Rights Act Extension
- 1971 26th Amendment Voting age reduced to 18 for all elections
- 1975 PL 94-73 Voting Rights Act Extension
- 1982 PL 97-205 Voting Rights Act Extension
- 1984 PL 98-435 Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act
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