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In 1965, the Voting Rights Act Was Signed into Law

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In 1965, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law. It prohibited state and local governments from implementing laws that placed undue hardship on people of color-especially black people-in the voting process. Some examples of these laws include the implementation of literacy tests or the requirement of a state identification card either during voter registration or at the polls themselves. The Voting Rights Act therefore decreased the state's ____________.


A) use of physiognomy
B) empiricism
C) biopower
D) dependence on biometrics

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