Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Arguments Over North Carolina Voter ID Law Begin in Federal Court”

January 25, 2016, 5:50 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT: The bitter dispute about North Carolina’s elections laws returned to a federal courtroom here on Monday as the state’s voter identification requirement went on trial. The week’s proceedings will affect election practices in North Carolina, a state that… Continue reading

“North Carolina voter-ID case could have ramifications across U.S.”

January 25, 2016, 5:49 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WaPo: The photo-ID trial is expected to last about a week. North Carolina’s snowy and icy conditions affected the first day of trial. Several witnesses were unable to travel to Winston-Salem, including plaintiffs Rosanell Eaton, 94, and her daughter.… Continue reading

Shelby County, Texas Lose Voting Fee Cases Before the Supreme Court

January 25, 2016, 8:20 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Today’s Supreme Court order list includes news that Shelby County, Alabama was denied fees in its voting case which got a key part of the Voting Rights Act struck down as unconstitutional. On this case, see my earlier post, Chutzpah … Continue reading

“NC voter ID trial opens in Winston-Salem”

January 24, 2016, 3:37 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

New and Observer: Many in North Carolina may begin their Monday morning assessing what, if any, obstacles were left behind by the winter storm that covered the state with snow and ice. In a federal courtroom in Winston-Salem, U.S.… Continue reading

“Trial to start in lawsuit over North Carolina’s voter-ID law”

January 24, 2016, 3:31 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WaPo: Rosanell Eaton still remembers the day 70 years ago when she traveled two hours with her mother in a mule-drawn wagon to register to vote at the county courthouse. Before she could, she was forced to take a… Continue reading

“N.C.’s controversial voter ID law goes on trial; nation watches”

January 24, 2016, 10:11 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Hewlett curtain-raiser for the Winston-Salem Journal.

“Native American Voters File Voting Rights Act Suit Challenging North Dakota Voter ID Requirements”

January 22, 2016, 8:46 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Release: On January 20, 2016, seven Native Americans from North Dakota filed suit under the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. and North Dakota Constitutions challenging North Dakota’s recently enacted voter ID law on the grounds it disproportionately burdens… Continue reading

“Black Voters in Fayette County, Georgia Win Historic Opportunity to Elect Candidates of Choice and Settle Voting Rights Act Case”

January 20, 2016, 7:05 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Press release: The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and co-counsel Neil Bradley, on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Fayette County Branch of the NAACP, and ten Black voters, have successfully settled a… Continue reading

“Partisanship Barges In on John Lewis’s Dream”

January 19, 2016, 8:09 ampolitical parties, political polarization, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Fascinating John Harwood NYT interview with Rep. Lewis on what I’ve called the “race or party” question.

“NAACP: Postpone NC voter ID trial until after primaries”

January 13, 2016, 12:19 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Winston-Salem Journal: The N.C. NAACP wants to postpone a trial on the state’s photo ID requirement until after the March 15 primary, according to court papers filed Tuesday…. Attorneys for the state NAACP have argued that state elections officials… Continue reading

“For government’s top lawyer on voting rights, presidential election has already begun”

January 13, 2016, 11:45 amDepartment of Justice, election law biz, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Nice Sari Horwitz profile of Justin Levitt in the Washington Post. (Justin has been an ELB blogger but not while he’s at DOJ.) Levitt would not discuss specific cases, except to say that although the department is hampered by the… Continue reading

“Board for Ferguson Schools Is Accused of Racial Bias”

January 13, 2016, 8:00 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

John Eligon for the NYT: // // // // b?1:0};var q=function(a){return Array.prototype.concat.apply(Array.prototype,arguments)},ca=function(a){var b=a.length;if(0Voting Rights Act, which prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on various factors, including race. // // // // b?1:0};var q=function(a){return Array.prototype.concat.apply(Array.prototype,arguments)},ca=function(a){var b=a.length;if(0// Many challenges of… Continue reading

WI Moves for Summary Judgment in Case Challenging Host of Wisconsin Election Laws

January 11, 2016, 4:53 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Details and filings.

“Voting on trial: ACLU case against Ferguson-Florissant goes to court”

January 10, 2016, 8:27 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

St. Louis Public Radio: Are African-American voters in the Ferguson-Florissant school district shortchanged because board members there are elected at-large? Or would dividing the district into subdistricts actually weaken the clout of black voters, not increase it? U.S. District… Continue reading