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Presley filed a federal suit, charging that the holdovers had violated Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. That provision requires officials in the covered states to "preclear" changes they want to make "with respect to voting rights" with the U.S. Justice Department before putting them into effect. The department can overrule the changes if it finds that they pose a threat to minority voting strength. Presley contended he needed control over a portion of the road budget as a bargaining chip with other commissioners for such things as funding for improved health care for indigent people...
...members of the church are being recruited in most major American cities. They then enter the complex levels of Scientology auditing and training. Brochures offer 12½ hours of "Life Repair," done with E-meter sessions, for $625, and it costs the "preClear" $5,000 or more to reach "Clear," more yet to ascend to "Operating Thetan...
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