Bush signs Voting Rights Act reauthorization; protects minority languages</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Bush signs Voting Rights Act reauthorization; protects minority languages"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Bush,signs,Voting,Rights,Act,reauthorization,protects,minority,languages"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">01-08-2006</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Bush signs Voting Rights Act reauthorization; protects minority languages</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Washington, USA (civilrights): On July 31 "President Bush signed the Voting Rights Act reauthorization, which passed through both houses of Congress with wide bipartisan support and all of its mandates intact--including the critical Section 5 'preclearance' and Section 203 'minority language' provisions. This is a pivotal moment in American history," said Miles Rapoport, president of Demos. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.civilrights.org/library/detail.cfm?id=45940 " target="blank">www.civilrights.org/library/detail.cfm?id=45940 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show