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To examine the impact and effectiveness of the Voting Rights Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, October 18, 2005.

Section 5 prevents covered jurisdictions from 'changing the rules of game' to
disadvantage minority voters before these voters can seek redress for the
deprivation of their voting rights. Section 5's effectiveness in protecting minority
voting rights lies in its shifting the burden of proof from the minority voters who
have historically been subject to discriminatory practices to the covered
jurisdictions seeking to change their election systems. By invalidating
discriminatory election laws before ...