FairVote Collecting Links of Written Testimony Submitted on Fixing Voting Rights Act
Here.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Many Republican no-shows on VRA”
Politico:
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee were mostly no-shows at Wednesday’s high-profile hearing on restoring a portion of the Voting Rights Act struck down by the Supreme Court last month.
The Republicans chalked up their absence to scheduling… Continue reading
Ari Berman on Today’s House VRA Hearing
He’s pessimistic (scroll down to Update).
“New Voting Rights Law Hinges on Some Less-Visible Republicans”
David Hawkins says it may be up to Reps. Sensenbrenner and Westmoreland in the House.
Rep. Westmoreland and I were strange bedfellows during the 2006 reauthorization, when the conservative Republican lawmaker offered the pro-active bailout amendment I was pushing to… Continue reading
“Congress Gingerly Takes Up Voting Rights Legislation”
“Senate Revisits Voting Rights Act Following Court Ruling”
“A Test of Seriousness for Those Who Say Section 2 is Sufficient”
Sam Bagenstos sent the following message to the Election Law listserv, reposted here with permission:
In his testimony at today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Michael Carvin argued that preclearance is unnecessary because Section 2, with its post-1982 “results test,” provides… Continue reading
“Let’s Enact a New Voting Rights Act”
Norm Ornstein has written this WaPo oped.
“How to Save the Voting Rights Act; Here’s the best option for Congress”
Chris Elmendorf and Doug Spencer write for Slate.
FairVote’s Written Senate Testimony for Today’s VRA Hearing
It is here. If anyone has a link to a collection of the various statements, please send it along.
“Rep. John Lewis: ‘The Voting Rights Act Is Needed Now Like Never Before”
Ari Berman on today’s Senate hearing.
Von Spakovsky, J. Christian Adams Testifying About Shelby County and VRA at House Hearing Tomorrow
For those expecting compromise and a bipartisan spirit to fix Voting Rights Act section 5 coming out of tomorrow’s hearing, fuhgeddaboutit!
(Bob Kengle and Spencer Overton are the Democratic-called witnesses.)
Ari Melber says don’t be a naysayer about a… Continue reading
“Senate is acting on the Voting Rights Act”
Ari Melber is not a naysayer (video).
“Key GOP lawmaker warns of ‘last chance’ to fix key section of Voting Rights Act”
Tom Curry reports for NBC News.