March 18, 1965, S. 1564, the Voting Rights Act of 1965.March 18, 1965Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/enghttp://congressarchives.org/record/EMD_Working_Papers-f266-1965_03_18S. 1564, The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 As Introduced In The Senate. The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 Deals Exclusively With The 15th Amendment And Giving Power To The U.S. District Courts To Try Cases In Which Voting Rights Are Violated.