Restricting Voting Rights Act could mean fewer African-Americans on city councils

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 09:31 in Mathematics & Economics

Efforts to limit the reach of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the legislation that banned discrimination in voting, could negatively impact black political representation, according to a new study from researchers at Rice University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Ohio University.

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