Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“From Selma to Ferguson: The Voting Rights Act as a Blueprint for Police Reform”

February 11, 2016, 9:17 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Jason Mazzone and Stephen Rushin have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 revolutionized access to the voting booth. Rather than responding to claims of voter suppression through litigation against individual states… Continue reading

Harvard Law Review Includes Texas Voter ID Case in Recent Cases in Feb. Issue

February 10, 2016, 8:07 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Read the Veasey v. Abbott profile here.

“Why Bernie Sanders Needs to Talk About Voting Rights”

February 8, 2016, 7:16 amcampaigns, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Jamil Smith writes for TNR

“De Facto Class Actions? Injunctive Relief in Election Law, Voting Rights, and Other Constitutional Cases”

February 7, 2016, 12:36 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Morley has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: When a court holds that a legal provision is unconstitutional; inconsistent with, or preempted by, federal law; or invalid under an agency’s organic statute or a framework statute… Continue reading

“Does North Carolina voter ID law suppress minority votes? A federal judge will decide.”

February 5, 2016, 2:31 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

LAT reports.

“Voting Rights Challenges In the Wake of Shelby County”

February 4, 2016, 2:14 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights Act, VRAARick Hasen

Demos blogs.

“Ryan backs voting rights bill — but tells black caucus it’s out of his hands”

February 4, 2016, 7:51 amVoting Rights Act, VRAARick Hasen

Interesting… Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) told black lawmakers Wednesday that he supports new voting rights protections they’ve championed, but said he won’t bypass a committee chairman to move legislation, according to a Democrat who attended the gathering. “He said… Continue reading

“Voter ID trial ends; decision is now up to federal judge”

February 1, 2016, 9:21 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Winston Salem-Journal: It’s not clear when Schroeder will issue a decision. Attorneys on both sides can submit additional evidence until Feb. 11 and they have to file proposed findings of fact by Feb. 24.

“Federal trial on voter ID expected to wrap up Monday”

January 30, 2016, 8:31 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The latest from North Carolina.

“NAACP lawyers grill elections director in trial over photo IDs”

January 28, 2016, 6:28 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Winston Salem-Journal: After four days of testimony, the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP and the U.S. Department of Justice rested their case Thursday in a federal trial challenging North Carolina’s photo ID requirement for voting. Their last witness… Continue reading

“Witness: Cultural differences cause photo ID headaches”

January 27, 2016, 7:34 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The latest from the NC voter id trial.

“Is North Carolina’s Strict Voter-ID Law Constitutional?”

January 26, 2016, 7:47 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

David Graham for the Atlantic.

“Wisconsin professor questions NC legislators’ claims that Voter ID law aimed to prevent fraud”

January 26, 2016, 7:41 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Charlotte Observer: Burden, on the stand for about two hours on the first day of a trial expected to last through the week, said he thought the elections law overhaul in 2013 and amended in 2015 would place a greater… Continue reading