was there any formula used?
Yes, a "coverage formula"
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Section 4(b) contains a "coverage formula" that determines which states and local governments may be subjected to the act's other special provisions (except for the Section 203(c) bilingual election requirements, which fall under a different formula).
when did congress pass the voting rights act August 6, 1965 what were the amendments? Liberalized the bailout procedure in 1982 by allowing jurisdictions to escape coverage by complying with the act and affirmatively acting to expand minority political participation and provisions? It contains two types of provisions: "general provisions" and "special provisions" who was the president at the time? Lyndon B. Johnson name a few features of the 1st provision Section 2 prohibits every state and local government from imposing any voting law that results in discrimination against racial or language minorities and the second Section 5 preclearance requirement what was the middle name of the president you just mentioned? Baines what was the senate's role in the act? The act was jointly sponsored by Senate majority leader and Senate minority leader
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 [SEP] Coverage formula
Section 4(b) contains a "coverage formula" that determines which states and local governments may be subjected to the act's other special provisions (except for the Section 203(c) bilingual election requirements, which fall under a different formula). Congress intended for the coverage formula to encompass the most pervasively discriminatory jurisdictions. A jurisdiction is covered by the formula if: As originally enacted, the coverage formula contained only November 1964 triggering dates; subsequent revisions to the law supplemented it with the additional triggering dates of November 1968 and November 1972, which brought more jurisdictions into coverage. For purposes of the coverage formula, the term "test or device" includes the same four devices prohibited nationally by Section 201—literacy tests, educational or knowledge requirements, proof of good moral character, and requirements that a person be vouched for when voting—and one further device defined in Section 4(f)(3): in jurisdictions where more than five percent of the citizen voting age population are members of a single language minority group, any practice or requirement by which registration or election materials are provided only in English.