“The Long Road Ahead for Voting Rights”
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Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Rand Paul: No ‘objective evidence’ African Americans are prevented from voting”
Ari Berman Asks the Three Crucial Questions About North Carolina’s Voting Law
Here:
1. Will Section 2 be enough? (My answer is likely no, at least for most of the law).
2. Will North Carolina get bailed in under Section 3? (My answer is likely no, absent some smoking … Continue reading
“Kay Hagan Seeks Federal Review Of North Carolina Voting Law”
Video of My Segment on North Carolina Voting on “All in With Chris Hayes”
Watch Chris with Susan Myrick, Rev. William Barber, and me.
Read the NAACP Federal Complaint Against Harsh New North Carolina Voting Law
Here. This one challenges a number of provisions of the law, including voter id, the end of same-day voter registration, the cutback in early voting days, and other provisions under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and under… Continue reading
NYT Profile of Rep. John Lewis, and Right to Restore Voting Rights Act
Thoughts on the Road Ahead in North Carolina
Today North Carolina’s governor signed one of the most restrictive voting laws in the Nation. I have been trying to think of another state law passed since the 1965 Voting Rights Act to rival this law but I cannot. It… Continue reading
“Clinton Calls for Action to Protect Voter Rights”
“Greg Abbott’s Curious Brief”
Michael Li blogs.
My earlier coverage of this brief, in Texas’s possible Voting Rights Act bail-in, is here.
“In San Francisco, Hillary Clinton calls for defense of voting rights”
VIDEO: Hillary Clinton Gives Speech on Voting Rights Act at ABA Meeting
Here is a two-minute excerpt. Looking for an extended excerpt, and transcript.
“A phantom epidemic of election fraud.”
Bail-in: local, non-southern edition
Justin here.
In the wake of Shelby County, attention will naturally follow cases seeking bail-in for jurisdictions once covered by sections 4 and 5. Like Texas, where there’s the opposite of the “New York, New York” scenario: if… Continue reading
Read the ACLU’s Complaint in the LWV v NC Case
Here.
It includes a claim for “bail in” under Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act, which will require proof of intentional discrimination in voting on the basis of race for a court to even consider it.