TX: “Analysis: A law that lets political majorities cheat — and win”
Ross Ramsey for the Texas Tribune:
The state seems to be doing everything in its power to prove that it cannot be trusted with voting rights.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“District Court Holds that Texas Discriminated Against Minority Voters, Again”
“Santa Clara is latest in string of cities sued over at-large elections”
“Texas lawmakers consider election law change for language interpreters”
Texas Tribune:
Almost three years after Mallika Das, a naturalized citizen who spoke Bengali, was unable to vote properly because she was not proficient in English, Texas lawmakers are considering a change to an obscure provision of Texas election law… Continue reading
Breaking: Federal Court in Texas Rules Texas Passed Its Voter ID Law with a Racially Discriminatory Intent
A federal district court has held on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sitting en banc that Texas enacted its controversial voter identification law with a racially discriminatory intent.
If (and it is a… Continue reading
After Being “Rescheduled” Twice, NC Voting Case Now Back on for April 13 SCOTUS Conference, w Justice Gorusch
Docket.
The first question is whether the state gets to withdraw the cert. petition, as the gov. and AG want and the Legislature does not.
“A voting law meant to increase minority representation has generated many more lawsuits than seats for people of color”
Important LA Times piece on the effect of the CA Voting Rights Act.
AL: “Rebekah Mason suggested closure of DMV offices in majority black counties, report shows”
Wow:
Governor Robert Bentley’s former top advisor and secret paramour Rebekah Mason led a politically-motivated effort in 2015 to close 31 driver’s license offices in mostly black counties, a move that embarrassed the state and was later reversed.
The decision… Continue reading
“Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss NAACP LDF’s Lawsuit Against Discriminatory Alabama Voter ID Law”
Release:
A federal court today denied a motion to dismiss a challenge to Alabama’s discriminatory voter ID law brought by plaintiffs represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. The ruling comes in the case of Greater Birmingham … Continue reading
“Federal Voting Rights Lawsuit in Texas Continues Following Rejection of State’s Motion to Dismiss”
Release via email:
This week, a federal district court judge denied the State of Texas’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the method of electing Texas’s Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals violates the Voting Rights Act.
The… Continue reading
Federal Court in TX Voter ID Case Will Address Discriminatory Intent Claim in “Due Course,” Will Await Ruling on Remedies
From today’s order (via Josh Gerstein):
Having heard re-argument, this Court intends to issue its new opinion on whether SB 14 was passed with a discriminatory intent in violation of the Voting Rights Act at its earliest convenience and in… Continue reading
Huge North Carolina Voting Case, and Motion to Withdraw Cert. Petition, Taken Off #SCOTUS Conference Docket Again
Super interesting. Second time it is being rescheduled. I explained what was supposed to happen tomorrow here. The governor and AG of North Carolina want to withdraw the petition and the Legislature does not.
Something is going on behind… Continue reading
“Senate Committee approves Texas voter ID overhaul”
Texas Tribune:
Filed by Committee Chairwoman Joan Huffman, Senate Bill 5 would add options for Texas voters who say they cannot “reasonably” obtain one of seven forms of ID currently required at the polls. It would also create harsh… Continue reading