...retraversing ground covered there. The Court concluded from its review of the history that § 5 was "intended to reach any state enactment which altered...election law of a covered State in even a minor way." Id., at 566. The Court's opinions in both Allen and this case are devoid of evidence of a legislative...

...at 566, the Court suggested that § 5 would require clearance of "any state enactment which alter[s] the election law of a covered State in even a minor way." Even if the language in A Hen were viewed as necessary to the Court's holding in that case, it would...

...subject to the § 5 approval requirements. The legislative history on the whole supports the view that Congress intended to reach any state enactment which...election law of a covered State in even a minor way. For example, § 2 of the Act. as originally drafted, included a prohibition against any "qualification...

...practices, and procedures with respect to voting, the Supreme Court in Allen held that the act reached "any State enactment which altered the election law of a covered State even in a minor way." The Court further held that "voting" as used in section 5 meant "all actions...

...practices, and procedures with respect to voting, the Supreme Court in Allen held that the act reached "any State enactment which altered the election law of a covered State even in a minor way." The Court further held that "voting" as used in section 5 meant "all actions...

...practices and procedures with respect to voting, the Supreme Court in Allen held that the act reached "any State enactment which altered the election law of a covered State in even a minor way." The court further held that "voting" as used in section 5 meant "all actions necessary to make a vote...

...practices and procedures with respect to voting, the Supreme Court in Allen held that the act reached "any State enactment which altered the election law of a covered State in even a minor way." The court further held that "voting" as used in section 5 meant "all actions necessary to make a vote...

...legislative history, the Court concluded, in Allvn v. State Board «f Elections, 393 US 544 (19(59), that "Congress intended to reach any State enactment which...election law of a covered state in even a minor way." In a decision this year. Perkins v. Mattheics, 400 US 379 (1971), the Court added municipal annexations...

...until Perkins and thus shouldn't ge punished. The Allen Case (1969) stated (reaffirmed in Perkins) that "Congress intended to reach any state enactment which altered the election law — in even a minor way" and "all changes, no matter how small, (are subject) to Section 5." The City...

...applicable not only to new laws which might tend to deny blacks their right to register and vote, but to "any state enactment which altered the election law of a covered state in even a minor way." 30 In Allen, the changes in state laws did not relate to the process by which voters were registered...