The 1982 changes make clear that it is unnecessary to prove that certain registration and voting practices have been established with intent.
Instead, section 2 is violated if a court ends/decides that a voting practice has the effect of limiting the electoral influence of minorities, even if not by bias.
A SECOND 1982 AMENDMENT allows people who are blind, disabled or unable to read and write to be helped in voting by anyone of their choice's union).
ALTHOUGH the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its changes have brought an end to many voting terribly unfair treatments, voting practices continue to exist.
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