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OH SCR8

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Prefiled

N/A

Primary Sponsor

Joseph Schiavoni

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Origin

Senate

131st General Assembly (2015-2016)

AI Summary

  • Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, enacted by Congress to prohibit racial discrimination in elections
  • Acknowledges that President Lyndon Johnson signed the Act into law on August 6, 1965
  • Recognizes that the Act significantly increased voter registration and voting rates among racial minorities in the United States
  • Commits Ohio to continuing efforts to protect free and equal access to voting and to resist attempts to roll back provisions of the Act
  • Directs the Senate Clerk to transmit an authenticated copy of the resolution to Ohio news media

Legislative Description

Celebrate Voting Rights Act

Last Action

Refer to Committee: Government Oversight and Reform

9/17/2015

Committee Referrals

Government Oversight and Reform9/17/2015

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