About: Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections

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dbo:abstract	Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections, 360 U.S. 45 (1959), was a case challenging the constitutionality of the rule of Northampton County, North Carolina requiring potential voters to pass a literacy test to vote, appealed from the Supreme Court of that state. (en)
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dbp:case	Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections, (en)
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dbp:fullname	Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections (en)
dbp:holding	A State may use a literacy test as a qualification for voters provided it is applied equally to all and is not intended to discriminate; it is part of its broad powers to determine the conditions under which the right of suffrage may be exercised. (en)
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dbp:prior	Appeal from the Supreme Court of North Carolina (en)
dbp:subsequent	Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited use of literacy tests (en)
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rdfs:comment	Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections, 360 U.S. 45 (1959), was a case challenging the constitutionality of the rule of Northampton County, North Carolina requiring potential voters to pass a literacy test to vote, appealed from the Supreme Court of that state. (en)
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