This question is a little ambiguous. If you are searching for the missing word in that sentence then it was the Voting Rights Act that banned all discriminatory voting registration requirements. If you are asking whether it was tough enough to eliminate the practices then that is something up for much debate.
• Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act was established in 1965 and was one of the most monumental pieces of legalisation in the history of the United States. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices that contributed towards the segregation of African Americans in the United States. The act prohibited states from imposing any rule that would deny the right of any citizen in the United States to vote because of their race or color. It also outlawed the current requirements to pass a literacy test in order to register to vote, something that African Americans had been prohibited from taking. The Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, making this his second landmark legalisation after the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• Was it tough enough? The laws that came with the Voting Right Acts meant that any states mentioned for disallowing African Americans to vote must request permission to make any changes in their election policies. These states argued that this singling out was unfair but it helped to bring justice to those who had previously been refused registry privileges. The Act does not give citizens the federal right to vote in presidential elections, only the explicit right. It was argued that the Voting Rights Act had not stopped discrimination in the sense of federal rights. This was over-ruled by amendments to the Act that stated all citizens have fundamental rights to vote.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally brought an end to the discriminatory voting registration requirement. Whether this was enough to fully eliminate such practices is debatable.
• Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act was established in 1965 and was one of the most monumental pieces of legalisation in the history of the United States. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices that contributed towards the segregation of African Americans in the United States. The act prohibited states from imposing any rule that would deny the right of any citizen in the United States to vote because of their race or color. It also outlawed the current requirements to pass a literacy test in order to register to vote, something that African Americans had been prohibited from taking. The Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, making this his second landmark legalisation after the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• Was it tough enough? The laws that came with the Voting Right Acts meant that any states mentioned for disallowing African Americans to vote must request permission to make any changes in their election policies. These states argued that this singling out was unfair but it helped to bring justice to those who had previously been refused registry privileges. The Act does not give citizens the federal right to vote in presidential elections, only the explicit right. It was argued that the Voting Rights Act had not stopped discrimination in the sense of federal rights. This was over-ruled by amendments to the Act that stated all citizens have fundamental rights to vote.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally brought an end to the discriminatory voting registration requirement. Whether this was enough to fully eliminate such practices is debatable.
