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Voting Response Area
Voting Response Area: The place on a BALLOT where the voter is instructed to ma rk her preference for a candidate or question.
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The place on a BALLOT where the voter is instructed to ma rk her preference for a candidate or question. N. M. Admin. Code §1.10.12.7(T). Also “voting response field” or VOTING TARGET. Wyo. Sec’y of State Rule 1570, §4(nnn). Voting Rights Act of 1965 A sweeping civil rights statute that eliminated various devices used to bar groups from exercising their right to vote. Among its requirements was mandatory provision for multi- lingual ballots. 42 U. S. C. §1973–1973aa-6. Abbreviated VRA.
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