“Florida judge takes on gerrymandering; sets stage for Supreme Court cases in fall”
Bob Barnes reports for WaPo.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Baton Rouge voter discrimination case heads to trial in federal court Monday”
“Wisconsin Supreme Court’s voter ID ruling creates confusion, possibility of fraud”
AP:
A court-ordered change to Wisconsin’s photo identification law that’s designed to cut down on voter fraud is creating confusion and may even open the door to the very type of behavior Republican lawmakers were trying to prevent.
Policy… Continue reading
Molly Moran to Be Acting Head of DOJ Civil Rights Division
HuffPo:
The staff of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division gathered this morning in their fifth floor conference room — J. Edgar Hoover’s former office — for an “all hands” meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder, who announced that his… Continue reading
“Eric Holder Takes Voting Rights Battle to Ohio, Wisconsin”
Breaking: Divided WI Supreme Court Upholds Voter ID Law; Federal Ban Still in Effect
Following up on this post, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, on a 4-3 vote (and 5-2 vote in the second case [corrected]), has rejected two challenges to the state’s voter id law.
The federal ban on the law under the… Continue reading
Wisconsin Supreme Court Set to Issue Voter ID Ruling, Other Major Rulings, Thursday Morning–Could Moot Federal Case
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Three bolts of legal lightning — affecting union bargaining, election law and same-sex couples — will finally come down Thursday morning in what promises to be a historic day for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Set for… Continue reading
DOJ Files Amicus Brief in Wisconsin Voter ID Case, Statement of Interest in Ohio Early Voting Case
DOJ Wisconsin Filing
DOJ Ohio Filing
Ryan Reilly HuffPo story.
DOJ Press release:
ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER ANNOUNCES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILINGS IN VOTING RIGHTS CASES IN WISCONSIN AND OHIO
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Justice… Continue reading
“Rand Paul Stands Out in Courting Black Voters”
Senator Rand Paul Says He Wants to Restore a Federal Role Under the Voting Rights Act….
if that’s true, then why is he not a co-sponsor of the #VRAA or offering his own legislation?
“What’s wrong with Palmdale: an unfair election system”
“Race and Voting Rights”
Ryan Haygood NYT Letter to the Editor.
“Will donors punish GOP outliers on election law?”
Targeting the few Republican congressional supporters of the Voting Rights Amendments Act.