Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Scalia’s limited understanding of the Voting Rights Act”

April 27, 2013, 6:35 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Gary May has written this WaPo oped. It begins: “In the debate over the future of the Voting Rights Act , it sometimes becomes apparent that certain members of the Supreme Court are either oblivious to our nation’s recent… Continue reading

“Redistricting Board asks Supreme Court to clarify ruling”

April 25, 2013, 8:50 amcitizen commissions, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Anchorage Daily News: “The Alaska Redistricting Board has gone once again to the Alaska Supreme Court, this time asking the justices to clarify whether an earlier ruling requires it to redraw all of Alaska’s legislative districts from scratch.” MORE:… Continue reading

“Harmful Language Barrier in Elections Bill Would Impact Many Seeking Assistance at the Polls”

April 22, 2013, 3:25 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Project Vote release on a particularly controversial provision in Florida’s election bill.

“Calera pastor involved in Shelby County’s Voting Rights Act case faces rape charge’

April 22, 2013, 7:35 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

News from Alabama.

“Scalia’s latest: Unethical or merely appalling?”

April 18, 2013, 5:47 pmSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

AFJ blogs on the Justice’s recent statements about the Voting Rights Act.

“Justice Scalia’s Latest ‘Racial Entitlement’ Remark”

April 17, 2013, 9:17 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Spencer Overton blogs.

“Did Scalia Tip His Hand In Major Voting Rights Case?”

April 17, 2013, 1:41 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

@TPM reports. My earlier coverage is here.

“House GOP slams Justice Department as racist, mismanaged; Sheila Jackson Lee pushes back”

April 17, 2013, 7:24 amdirect democracy, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Houston Chronicle reports.

“Florida Senate Republicans crack down on foreign-language interpreters for voting”

April 16, 2013, 8:36 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Marc Caputo: Desiline Victor, the 102-year-old North Miami voter who became a symbol of Florida’s elections woes, could again find it tough to cast a ballot now that the Republican-controlled state Senate voted Tuesday to keep a crack down… Continue reading

Justice Scalia, Commenting on Pending Case, Calls Voting Rights Act “Racial Preferment”

April 16, 2013, 7:50 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Jess Bravin: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told university students that key provisions of the Voting Rights Act had evolved from an emergency response to racial discrimination in 1965 to an “embedded” form of “racial preferment” that would likely… Continue reading

Sam Bagenstos Defends DOJ, Tom Perez

April 16, 2013, 1:33 pmDepartment of Justice, election administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Testimony here. You can find links to the other witness testimony at the House hearing at this link. UPDATE: Watch this exchange between Rep. Gowdy and Prof. Bagenstos about the South Carolina preclearance process and whether career attorneys… Continue reading

“How conservatives invented ‘voter fraud’ to attack civil rights”

April 16, 2013, 7:20 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Gary May excerpt at Salon of forthcoming book, Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy.

“Lawmakers: Tackle Redistricting or Wait for Courts?”

April 13, 2013, 1:26 pmDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ross Ramsey for the Texas Tribune: Greg Abbott is selling a redistricting nostrum, telling Texas legislators they could cut their legal risks by adopting new political maps right away. It is a hard sell. Lawmakers are getting along so well… Continue reading