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How the Voting Rights Act helped Latinos and Asians at the polls
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Aug 6, 2015
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How the Voting Rights Act helped Latinos and Asians at the polls
The Voting Rights Act was primarily designed to protect black voters, but we can't forget that it also helped other minorities like Latinos and Asians.
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES: A poster designating a polling station at a school in East Los Angeles,CA, 07 November, 2000, is written in seven languages. Twelve million people are expected to vote in California for the 54 electoral votes to elect the President of the United States. Californians are also voting for Legislative, Federal and State officials and eight state ballot initiatives.
A poster designating a polling station at a school in East Los Angeles is written in seven languages.
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The Voting Rights Act was primarily designed to protect black voters, but we can't forget that it also helped other minorities like Latinos and Asians.

The Voting Rights Act was primarily designed to protect black voters, but we can't forget that it also helped other minorities like Latinos and Asians.

For decades, they were often prevented from casting their vote at the ballot box.

Take Two talks with Marisa Abrajano, professor of politics at UC-San Diego, and Terry Ao Minnis, director of census and voting programs at Asian Americans Advancing Justice.