Community News source: Puerto_Rican_Events@yahoogroups.com Subject: IPR POLITICA LIST: PUERTO RICANS AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT July 27, 2005 Puerto Ricans and the Voting Rights Act: 40 Years of Influence Monday, August 8, 2005 6:00 pm Community Service Society 105 East 22nd Street, Rm. 4A corner of Park Avenue South New York, NY 10010 RSVP at 212.614.5462 or jcartagena@cssny.org Speakers: Herman Badillo Gilberto Gerena ValentÃn Juan Cartagena Section 4(e) of the VRA of 1965 was passed pursuant to an amendment proposed by NY Senators Robert Kennedy and Jacob Javits. Effectively, it is the "Puerto Rican Section" of the VRA of 1965 because it exclusively benefited Puerto Ricans in the U.S. The untold story however, is that Section 4(e) was the catalyst for 3 major developments in the United States: 1) It led to the designation of 3 counties in NYC (New York [Manhattan], the Bronx and Kings [Brooklyn]) to be covered under Section 5. That's right, with