Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Symposium 2015: 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.”

May 21, 2016, 8:15 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Alabama Law Review, Vol. 67, Issue 2: Symposium 2015: 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Richard L. Hasen, Racial Gerrymandering’s Questionable Revival , 67 Ala. L. Rev. 365 (2016). Samuel Issacharoff, Voting Rights at 50, 67 Ala. L.… Continue reading

“Testimony: Minorities bear brunt of voter ID law”

May 21, 2016, 9:49 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Minority voters represent a big share of those seeking free photo IDs under the state’s new voter ID law and may also make up the great majority of those who experience the most problems getting one, under… Continue reading

“In federal court, Wisconsin DMV administrator outlines challenges in issuing free voter IDs”

May 20, 2016, 8:27 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Cap Times: People who die waiting for a state-issued voter ID are recorded as a “customer-initiated cancellation” by the state Department of Motor Vehicles, a DMV official testified Thursday. On the fourth day of a trial challenging a series … Continue reading

“Voter ID Meets the Voting Rights Act: The Next Big Voting Rights Battle”

May 19, 2016, 2:53 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

David Gans: Two huge cases challenging new voting restrictions will soon be heard by the federal courts of appeal. On May 24, the entire Fifth Circuit—the most conservative federal appeals court in the nation—will hear Veasey v. Abbott, Texas’s… Continue reading

“U.S. judge upholds Virginia voter ID law”

May 19, 2016, 2:23 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Richmond Times-Dispatch: A federal judge has upheld Virginia’s voter ID law challenged by the Democratic Party of Virginia and two voters alleging the Republican-controlled state legislature enacted it to curb the number of young and minority voters. “Mindful that… Continue reading

“Okaying North Carolina’s Voter Suppression Law”

May 6, 2016, 10:49 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Gene Nichol for ACS Blog.

“Uncovering the Voting Rights Act: The Racial Progress Argument in Shelby County”

May 6, 2016, 9:01 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Derrick Darby has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy). Here is the abstract: The coverage formula of the Voting Rights Act succumbs in Shelby County v. Holder due to the majority’s narrative of… Continue reading

“Alleged Voter Intimidation by Local Sheriff In Edwards County, Texas”

May 5, 2016, 1:11 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

VRI release.

“Stricter Rules for Voter IDs Reshape Races”

May 1, 2016, 6:21 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Monday’s must-read just posted at the NY Times: As the general election nears — in which new or strengthened voter ID laws will be in place in Texas and 14 other states for the first time in a presidential election… Continue reading

Anita Earls Talks “The Right to Vote” on Open Mind (PBS Thirteen)

May 1, 2016, 5:51 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Watch and read transcript.

“Justices Leave Texas Voter ID Law Intact, With a Warning”

May 1, 2016, 3:03 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Adam Liptak reports for the NYT.

Breaking: #SCOTUS Denies Emergency Relief in Texas Voter ID Case, But Signals Full Decision in Time for November Elections

April 29, 2016, 8:33 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Supreme Court has just issued this order: The application to vacate the stay entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on October 14, 2014, presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the… Continue reading