Voting in Anchorage last November. Alaska was one of the states that had to undergo preclearance through Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
The Voting Rights Act grew out of civil rights protests in the South, but the law has had far-reaching consequences across the country, from New York City to Alaska.
Its impact was mainly through Section 5 of the law, which required states with a history of discrimination at the polls to secure approval from the Justice Department before m
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