Voting Rights Act Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Voting Rights Act? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. The main figure in charge of enforcing the Voting Rights Act is
The Senate Pro-Tempore
The President
The Speaker of the House
The Attorney General
Q. An inquiry can be launched if the Attorney General has received how many petitions of wrong-doing from a voting region?
1
6
20
50
Q. In addition to having their names put on an official voting list, those who petition successfully to have their voting rights established by an Examiner receive what?
A friendly handshake
A certificate confirming their eligibility
A new ID card
An escort via examiner to a polling place
Q. According to the original act, in order to change their voting legislation, a state must:
Put the legislation up to a popular vote in the state.
do nothing; they are allowed to change it internally.
Pay a one-time processing tax
Make an action to do so within a U.S. District Court
Q. What kind of restriction does the Voting Rights Act declare is unconstitutional outright?
Voting tests
Literacy tests
Poll Taxes
Erecting a prison compound around a polling location