In addition to the pronounced drop in minority voting, the study found that the younger the age group, the greater the decline in reported turnout compared with 1984.

And he writes at a time when neo-Confederate sympathies have cropped up again in Southern politics, amid reports about the suppression of minority voting throughout the country.

In nine states and parts of nine others where minority voting has historically been low, the law requires advance approval from the department before new election laws can take effect.

As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, Dennis was in the minority voting to oppose impeachment of the president in 1974.

Democrats and some experts on minority voting say that local ballot challenges like these appear to be emerging as a nationwide Republican strategy of harassing minority voters.

Enfranchisement and immigration of other groups, especially Hispanics, have placed growing importance on minority voting.

During the late 1870s, there was increased violence in the Piedmont area, where whites tried to suppress minority black voting in elections.

The tax was marginal and never collected in practice, but payment of the tax would be a prerequisite for minority voting.

Let's not forget, in particular, the blatant attempts to discourage minority voting in South Dakota, Louisiana, Maryland and elsewhere.

Strangely enough, this is a point often raised on the left in defense of minority voting rights, and is seldom associated with conservative causes.