Changes

==Renewal==

==Renewal==

Although the Act is over 40 years old and addresses issues from the early 1960s and before, in 2006 Congress passed a 25-year extension without meaningful debate.  33 House members opposed the 25-year extension, primarily because of the imposition of multilingual balloting.  Not a single senator, however, voted against it, and President [[George W. Bush]] signed it into law.

Although the Act is over 40 years old and addresses issues from the early 1960s and before, in 2006 Congress passed a 25-year extension after holding many hearings and collecting over 12000 pages of evidence.<ref>http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/crcl/vol43_2/385-434_clarke.pdf</ref> 33 House members opposed the 25-year extension, primarily because of the imposition of multilingual balloting.  Not a single senator, however, voted against it, and President [[George W. Bush]] signed it into law.

The law now imposes a complex system of regulations that include forcing local governments to print multilingual ballots at their own expense, in many different foreign languages.  It requires federal registration of voters in regions where less than 50% of minorities are registered.

The law now imposes a complex system of regulations that include forcing local governments to print multilingual ballots at their own expense, in many different foreign languages.  It requires federal registration of voters in regions where less than 50% of minorities are registered.