NC Election Director Testifies: No Evidence of Significant Fraud in Same Day Voter Registration
The latest from the NC trial. [corrected link]
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Podcast: Voting rights on trial in North Carolina”
Derek Muller and I spoke with Jeffrey Rosen for a National Constitution Center podcast:
On August 6, the Voting Rights Act will celebrate its 50th anniversary. First enacted in 1965 and extended in 1970, 1975 and 1982, it is considered… Continue reading
“How the Never-Ending Battle of Redistricting Will Impact 2016”
Alan Greenblatt reports for Governing.
“Expert: Voters would have faced longer lines in ’12 had N.C.’s election law been in place”
The latest from the NC voting trial.
“Black votes matter: the North Carolina electors who say new law is unfair”
The Guardian on the NC voting trial.
“In Defense of the Equal Sovereignty Principle”
Thomas Colby has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Duke LJ). Here is the abstract:
The Supreme Court of the United States based its landmark decision in Shelby County v. Holder on the proposition that the Constitution contains “a fundamental… Continue reading
Doonesbury on CJ Roberts and the Voting Wars
“Expert: N.C.’s election law places burdens on black, Hispanic voters”
The latest from the NC voting trial.
“Witnesses: Changes in N.C.’s election law caused voting hardships”
“North Carolina’s Voting Law Goes on Trial”
NYT editorial:
The trial over North Carolina’s law may be the biggest test yet of the remaining strength of the Voting Rights Act. Already, the court has heard from citizens who voted for years without difficulty, but whose votes were… Continue reading
“Why North Carolina Is the New Selma”
Ari Berman dispatch for The Nation on the North Carolina voting trial [corrected].
“Federal trial set to start over NC’s election law”
“Applying Section 2 to the New Vote Denial”
With the North Carolina voting trial opening today, here’s your must-read from Dan Tokaji (forthcoming, Harvard Civil-Rights Civil-Liberties Law Review):
Over the past decade, many states have enacted laws that make it more difficult for eligible citizens to vote. In… Continue reading
“Effects of changes on minorities at crux of NC voting trial”
AP trial curtain-raiser.