Three years after the Supreme Court invalidated part of the Voting
Rights Act, voting rights advocates and some elected officials are
concerned that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are among those
increasingly threatened by voter discrimination.
"This includes complaints of polling locations
failing to provide translated ballots that especially hurt those in the
Asian American and Pacific Islander community — over a third of whom are
limited English proficient," U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), chairwoman of
the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, said in a statement.
In Shelby County v. Holder, the court held in a 5-4 decision that Section 4 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
was unconstitutional. That section established which local and state
governments, as a result of previous voter discrimination, were required
to obtain federal approval before making changes to voting policies or
procedures.
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