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Bayou La Batre, Alabama
"The city of Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village of about 2,754 residents, with about one-third..."
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Harris County, Texas
"In Harris County, Texas, which encompasses Houston, the Vietnamese population made up 1.7% of the total..."
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South Dakota
"A number of the voting changes that South Dakota enacted after it became covered by Section 5 in 1975,..."
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Buffalo County, South Dakota
"Ten years after its enactment in 1965, Congress amended the Voting Rights Act to include American Indians..."
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Dinwiddie County, Virginia
"In the Darville Precinct, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, the existing polling place was destroyed by..."
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Ville Platte, Louisiana
"The City of Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, experienced a dramatic growth in its Black..."
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Kilmichael, Mississippi
"In 2001, three weeks before election day in Kilmichael, Mississippi, the all-White town council decided..."
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Freeport, Texas
"Until 1992, the city of Freeport, Texas, elected its four-member council on an at-large basis. In that..."
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Town of North, Orangeburg County, South Carolina
"In September 2003 the town of North in Orangeburg County, South Carolina proposed to annex a small population..."
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Richland and Lexington Counties, South Carolina
"In 2004, the Richland-Lexington School District No. 5 in Richland and Lexington Counties, South Carolina..."
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Battleboro, North Carolina
"In the mid-1990's, a traditionally African-American community in North Carolina called "Battleboro"..."
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