I'll go ahead and commit heresy by saying that Carter is one of our better presidents. In the past 50 years, he and Eisenhower are the closest we've come to a non-imperial presidency. And while both made major blunders, neither significantly undermined American liberty.
But of course, Johnson did sign the voting rights act, so it's all a mixed bag.
And then you have to take in to account that the Act was redundant in the first place.
Redundant? The 1965 Voting Rights Act was flawed legislation--and certainly, the Act has only gotten worse with time--but hardly redundant.
True. Of course, he was hardly alone in that regard...