claim: says 40 years ago, the u.s. placed texas under voting rights act for failing to print ballots in spanish.
author: terral smith
evidence_1: dec 16, 2016 ... the language assistance, required by the federal voting rights act since 1975, ...  enforces the law, says the assistance helps more people “be informed voters ...  the jurisdictions that now must provide non-english ballots and other ... that is  31.3% of the total u.s. voting-eligible population of 220 million, ...
evidence_2: says 40 years ago, the u.s. placed texas under voting rights act for failing to  print ballots in spanish. — politifact texas on friday, november 16th, 2012.
evidence_3: oct 16, 2018 ... in 1970 and 1975 the supreme court expanded the voting rights act's ... across  the country, more than 2,000 polling places closed between the 2012 and ... the  29-year-old pascua yaqui mother catches the first of two buses ..... has resisted  printing ballots in spanish, but civil rights organizations suing ...
evidence_4: aug 5, 2015 ... fifty years after the act was signed into law, the story of its 1975 ... the voting  rights act (vra) to cover texas and spanish-speaking ... by whites who do not  represent our interests and who exploit us not only ... place from the  predominantly chicano west side of pearsall back to the heavily anglo east side.
evidence_5: may 14, 2018 ... the supreme court of the united states, placing the power of the right to vote in  ... but east. texas is mississippi 40 years ago.” 6 ... a few years later, two african-.  american city .... the voting rights act (vra) preclearance requirements, the .....  do not have qualified sb 14 id to voting by absentee ballot.