Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Obama praises lead plaintiff in NC voting-rights lawsuit”

August 14, 2015, 11:32 amThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

News & Observer: Rosanell Eaton, a 94-year-old Franklin County resident who had to recite the preamble to the U.S. Constitution to three county registrars in the 1940s to be eligible to vote, got a special mention this week from the… Continue reading

Responses to NYT Magazine Piece on Voting Rights, Including Mine from Slate

August 14, 2015, 7:48 amThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

To be published in this week’s magazine.

Wow, This Exchange Between Marc Caputo and Rep. Brown Over FL Redistricting

August 13, 2015, 12:51 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Politico: Brown insisted that was the case, without providing specific statistics, and the following is a transcript of her responses to repeated questions from POLITICO Florida and the News Service of Florida about her claims. QUESTION: “The statistics don’t show… Continue reading

“Texas House Battleground Could Hinge on Voter-ID Law in Flux”

August 13, 2015, 8:27 amcampaigns, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

National Journal reports.

“Road Ahead Murky After Voter ID Ruling”

August 13, 2015, 8:24 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Austin Chronicle reports.

“Lawmakers offer flurry of amendments to proposed congressional districts map”

August 13, 2015, 7:34 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Miami Herald: After days of listening to how their staff redrew Florida’s 27 congressional districts in relative seclusion, state legislators Wednesday started taking their own turn at re-mapping the state. By the end of the third day of the… Continue reading

“Carl P. Leubsdorf: Why there’s hope for easing Texas’ voter ID law”

August 12, 2015, 3:04 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Dallas Morning News column.

President Obama Writes Letter to the Editor of NYT Magazine on Voting Rights Piece

August 12, 2015, 10:29 amThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

“The Voting Rights Act Turned 50, But There’s Not a Lot to Celebrate”

August 12, 2015, 7:27 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Brentin Mock for the National Journal.

“Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the US Voting Rights Act”

August 11, 2015, 2:25 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Elsevier: Two Interventions published in August 2015 are now freely available online. Read all the contributions on the Civil Rights Movement on ScienceDirect now – details below: Interventions on the 50th anniversaries of events in the American Civil Rights Movement… Continue reading

“Texas Voter ID Law: Discriminatory Effect, Violates Voting Rights Act, 5th Cir. Says”

August 11, 2015, 11:53 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can read the report from BNA’s US Law Week at this link. Reproduced with permission from The United States Law Week,84 U.S.L.W. 157 (August 11, 2015). Copyright 2015 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com>

“Inside John Roberts’ Decades-Long Crusade Against the Voting Rights Act”

August 11, 2015, 10:49 amSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ari Berman writes for Politico Magazine, excerpt from his new book. Also don’t miss ELB Podcast: Episode 1, my interview with Ari.

ELB Podcast, Episode #1: Ari Berman, Give Us the Ballot

August 11, 2015, 7:51 amELB Podcast, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I am pleased to bring you the first episode of The ELB Podcast, a new project in which I will offer occasional interviews with those making news or conducting research on election issues in the run-up to the 2016 elections.… Continue reading

“Study: Law Discouraged More Than Those Without Voter ID”

August 11, 2015, 7:37 amelection administration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Texas’ strict voter identification requirements kept many would-be votersin a Hispanic-majority congressional district from going to the polls last November — including many who had proper IDs — a new survey shows. And the state’s voter ID… Continue reading