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>They were effectively eliminated by the Voting Rights Act

Except that key provisions of the act were struck down in 2013. Those provisions prevented states with a history of disenfranchisement from changing their voting laws. Since the court ruling several of these states have started back on the path of disenfranchisement.

>>markc+(OP)
Indeed, I should have mentioned that too.

>>markc+(OP)
Yeah, the Supreme Court argument was the racism was no longer an issue so no reason to keep watching over those good old boys in the south.