PLS 100 Study Guide - Voting Rights Act Of 1965, De Jure, Jim Crow Laws

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Primarily a voting rights bill was the first civil rights legislation passed by congress in the united states since. Made it illegal to interfere with anyone"s right to vote in any election held in this country. 1st tuesday of november: how many congressional districts are there in the us. An electoral districts that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple members such as a legislature: what does first past the post (fpp) mean, election that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any. Assigning the number of seats in the house of. Federal congressional seats. to the states: what is gerrymandering, after reapportionment the district lines within a state has to be redrawn called redistricting . Article one of the constitution vest lawmaking authority in the congress: how has congress delegated lawmaking authority to the other three branches, president via executive orders/executive agreements.