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A Political Scientist and Voting-Rights Litigation: The Case of the 1966 Texas Registration Statute

Author: Walter Dean Burnham (Washington University in St. Louis)

  • A Political Scientist and Voting-Rights Litigation: The Case of the 1966 Texas Registration Statute

    Symposium

    A Political Scientist and Voting-Rights Litigation: The Case of the 1966 Texas Registration Statute

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Abstract

It is not the purpose of this Article to deal at length with the evolution of judicial doctrine and legislative action affecting voting rights. Rather, I shall attempt a sketch of two things here: the background and implications of a recently decided case in which a state’s personal-registration statute was struck down by a federal court, and my own involvement in the case.

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1971-01-01