August 6, 1975

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Voting Rights Act Language-Minority Amendments

Congress extended the Voting Rights Act and, for the first time, required bilingual ballots and voting materials for 'language minorities' explicitly including Asian Americans-a major expansion of Asian American voting access.

Sources

  1. reaganlibrary.gov reaganlibrary.gov/legacy-voting-rights-act-expansions-1970s
  2. justice.gov justice.gov/crt/language-minority-citizens