The Act's "General" provide nationwide protections for voting rights.
Section 2 is a general provision that prohibits every state and local government from/causing an inconvenient situation) any voting law that results in against racial or language minorities.
Other general specifically make illegal reading and writing ability tests and almost the same devices that were used to make unhappy racial minorities.
The Act also contains "Special" that apply to only certain legal controls.
A core special rule is the Section 5 preclearance needed thing, which prohibits certain legal controls from putting into use any change affecting voting without receiving preapproval from the U.S. Lawyer