1. Dougherty County, Georgia, Bd. of Educ. v. White, No. 77-120, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, October 2-3, 1978, Argued , November 28, 1978, Decided
OVERVIEW: Rule 58 of the Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia) should have been submitted for federal approval under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C.S. § 1973c, before implementation because it was a practice respecting voting in that it required an employee to take a leave from work to run for office.
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