Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Ruling clears way for Pasadena voting rights suit to go to trial”

August 24, 2016, 3:08 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Houston Chronicle: A federal judge has denied Pasadena’s request to throw out a lawsuit challenging its controversial city council redistricting plan, which a group of Hispanic and Latino residents alleges dilutes the voting rights of the suburb’s growing minority population.… Continue reading

Breaking: 6th Cir, on 2-1 Vote, Reverses Expansive Early Voting “Golden Week” Decision: Analysis

August 23, 2016, 9:32 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

A divided panel of the 6th Circuit has reversed a trial court ruling and allowed the Ohio Legislature to eliminate “Golden Week,” a week in which a new or moving voter who needs to reregister could both register to vote… Continue reading

Federal District Court Finds Ferguson School District Elections Violate the Voting Rights Act

August 22, 2016, 10:44 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can find the 119-page district court opinion here. This looks to be a very careful, and in some parts very technical look, at whether the Ferguson school board elections violate section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, in… Continue reading

“Opinion: Three ways Congress can muscle-up to your voting rights”

August 22, 2016, 7:27 amcampaign finance, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Golden and Larry Lessig in the Chicago Sun-Times: Fortunately, some in Congress are working toward a solution. Just before the national conventions, the House Democratic leadership announced its “By The People” (BTP) legislative package. These reforms, backed by 187… Continue reading

WI Files Reply Brief in One Wisconsin Now Early Voting 7th Circuit Stay Request

August 19, 2016, 2:52 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can read it here. A snippet on the Purcell issue: Equally remarkably, Plaintiffs assert that the risk of “voter confusion,” Purcell v. Gonzalez, 549 U.S. 1, 4–5 (2006), favors them. Resp. 19–20. The injunction revised laws have been on… Continue reading

“Texas fails to comply with language access provisions of the Voting Rights Act”

August 19, 2016, 2:42 pmelection administration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Release: Today, a coalition of 10 groups sent a letter to Carlos Casco, Secretary of State of Texas, requesting that his office take immediate steps to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1985 (VRA) and the Texas… Continue reading

“North Carolina GOP Out to Limit Crucial Early Voting Period”

August 19, 2016, 8:14 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Zack Roth for NBC News.

“Supreme Court is About to Get a Good Look at How North Carolina Messes with Its Voting Rules”

August 19, 2016, 8:06 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Cristian Farias for HuffPo.

“Our view: McCrory should drop election-law appeal”

August 18, 2016, 9:15 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Winston Salem-Journal editorial: Gov. Pat McCrory has every right to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision regarding the legislature’s discriminatory election law, as he did Monday, But he should drop his unwise… Continue reading

“Episode 156: The battle for Native American voting rights”

August 18, 2016, 11:54 amvoting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Podcast: When San Juan County, Utah made the move to all mail-in voting in 2014, it seemed like a great idea. The county is almost 8,000 square miles with about 15,000 residents and voting by mail meant you no longer… Continue reading

“Have North Carolina Republicans Found a Way to Reinstate Discriminatory Voting Rules?”

August 18, 2016, 8:40 amThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

David Graham for the Atlantic. My alternate headline: Have North Carolina Republicans Found a Way to Reinstate Federal Oversight of Their Voting Rules?

Kaine on Effects of NC Voter ID Law

August 16, 2016, 7:50 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WBTV: Kaine’s criticism came during an exclusive interview with WBTV following at rally in Asheville Monday night aimed at highlighting the jobs plan recently unveiled by the Clinton campaign. The Democratic senator from Virginia, who once worked as a… Continue reading

“Supreme Court stance on North Carolina law to send signal on voting limits”

August 16, 2016, 3:31 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Lawrence Hurley reports for Reuters.

“Federal court blocks Texas law restricting language assistance to voters”

August 16, 2016, 3:03 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Release: The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) applauded a federal court order blocking the Texas law that limits access to interpreters for limited English proficient voters. The district court ruled that the Texas law, which requires interpreters… Continue reading