Sam Olens says it’s time for Section 5 of Voting Rights Act to disappear
by Political Insider with Jim Galloway
Feb 26, 2013 | 1236 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
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In a YouTube video conference this afternoon with two Republican peers, Attorney General Sam Olens said Georgia and eight other states should be freed from automatic federal scrutiny required by the Voting Rights Act.

“It’s very different, 2013, than it was 1964. And it is time for Section 5 to be found unconstitutional,” Olens said.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments in an Alabama case challenging the need for that portion of the Voting Rights Act that requires states with a history of discrimination to submit all changes to their voting laws to review by the U.S. Justice Department before implementing them.

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