Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Abigail Thernstrom: The Good News About Race in America: The 1965 Voting Rights Act has been a huge success. So why are black activists keen to press the discrimination button on issues like voter ID?”
The WSJ weekend interview with Abby Thernstrom.
Voter ID Law Signed by Virginia Governor
Virginian Pilot: “In tandem with his decision to let controversial voter identification legislation become law, Gov. Bob McDonnell is ordering state election officials to send every registered Virginia voter a new voter ID card….Issuing an executive order alongside those… Continue reading
Breaking News: Divided D.C. Circuit Panel Upholds Constitutionality of Voting Rights Act, Teeing Up Issue for Supreme Court
The Shelby County opinion is here. Judge Williams dissented. The court also issued a unanimous opinion in the related LaRoque case, finding the issue mooted by DOJ’s belated preclearance of the law in question.
From Judge Tatel’s majority opinion… Continue reading
“Latino, black political clout grows in Florida and North Carolina”
This item appears at “Facing South.”
“Recent State Voting Laws: A Barrier to the Latino Vote?”
See this panel, moderated by CHCI Law Graduate Fellow Jessica González.
“The Struggle to Vote”
This NYT editorial begins: “It was nearly 10 p.m. on Wednesday when Paul Broun, a Republican congressman from Georgia, rose on the House floor to propose that no more money be spent enforcing a section of the Voting Rights… Continue reading
“Federal judges could decide to delay SC primaries”
AP: “A three-judge panel will meet next week to consider delaying South Carolina’s June 12 primaries in the wake of a state Supreme Court decision that removed nearly 200 candidates from ballots.”
“Justice bars analyst from Mississippi cases after Facebook post calling state ‘disgusting'”
FOX News: “The Justice Department has blocked one of its civil rights analysts from dealing with all matters Mississippi after the employee apparently described the state as ‘disgusting and shameful’ on Facebook — comments that drew a rebuke Tuesday… Continue reading
Plaintiffs’ Expert Report Finds Statistical Disparities in Voter ID Availability for Minorities in Wisconsin
Among the key findings (according to an email on the case) in the expert report [updated link] of Matt Barreto and Gabriel Sanchez in Frank v. Walker, the ACLU’s federal challenge to voter id in Wisconsin:
1. Eligible Latino and… Continue reading
Texas Responds on Voter ID Delay
Three Judge Court Slams Texas for Discovery Delays in Voter ID Case
Texas Redistricting has the details.
South Carolina recently faced a similar smackdown from a different three judge court in its voter id preclearance case.
I don’t get it. If the states of Texas and South Carolina really want… Continue reading
House Judiciary Committee Report Criticizes DOJ Handling of Voter ID Claims
See pages 6-7 of this report (via RNLA blog).
“Status conference set in Texas voter ID case; court says ‘disinclined’ to delay July trial”
Texas Redistricting reports.