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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated literacy tests and stated that federal examiners could enroll voters who had been denied suffrage by local officials.

It was a companion bill to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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A law passed during Lyndon B. Johnson's administration that gave the federal government the power to get involved in state and local elections to prevent racial discrimination in voting.

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to end unfair voting requirements for african americans --apex

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