How does Texas normally do it? Well, so look, so Texas has a bad history as. As does the Southern United States, where there was a history of racism. So, you know, One of the biggest reasons for the Voting Rights Act was to stop what was happening in states like Texas and other states throughout the deep South. Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, where they persistently would do whatever they could to prevent predominantly black residents from voting. They would. (04:12–04:21)
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Asserts that the Voting Rights Act aimed to stop discriminatory practices in Texas and the deep South.
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