Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
Video Now Available of My UCI Law MLK Day Morning Plenary Talk: “Civil Right No. 1:” Dr. King’s Unfinished Voting Rights Revolution
You can watch the video at this link.
The video is based on this paper in the University of Memphis Law Review, part of this symposium on Dr. King’s legacy.
“CLC Releases Collection of Racial Appeals Used in Political Communications from 2017-18”
Release:
Campaign Legal Center’s (CLC) new Race in Politics Catalog is a collection of political communications, campaign materials and comments that make racial appeals to voters. Compiled over the 2017-2018 election cycle, the Catalog gathers – in one place for… Continue reading
“The Voting Rights Act is in tatters. Let’s honor King’s legacy by saving it.”
David Gans in WaPo:
Today, the Voting Rights Act that King helped to push through Congress is in tatters. To stop voting discrimination, the Voting Rights Act created strong remedies applicable to jurisdictions with a long history of flouting constitutional… Continue reading
Texas Redistricting Plaintiffs to U.S. Department of Justice on Changing Sides on Voting Rights Preclearance: You Missed the Deadline and Did Not Follow the Rules
Scathing Response:
Contrary to the assertion in the United States motion for leave, the Court made no distinction between “private Plaintiffs” and the United States. [Dkt. 1609 at 2]. The United States mischaracterizes the Court’s order when it claims that… Continue reading
Trump DOJ Reversing Obama DOJ Decision, Now States That Texas Should NOT Be Placed Under Federal Supervision over Voting Rules Based on Intentional Racial Discrimination in Redistricting Case
As first flagged by Gerry Hebert, the Department of Justice has submitted this filing in the long-running Texas redistricting case of Abbott v. Perez indicating it no longer believes (as the Obama Administration did) that Texas should be put back… Continue reading
“Voting rights: Rep. Marcia Fudge is on a mission and coming to a state near you”
USA Today:
Rep. Marcia Fudge is quick to acknowledge you only have to look to her home state of Ohio to talk about voting rights concerns .
So, in the Democrat’s new role as chairwoman of a revived House subcommittee… Continue reading
I Talked to Mary Louise Kelly on NPR’s All Things Considered Discussing Stacey Abrams’ New Georgia Voting Rights Lawsuit
NPR:
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Professor Richard Hasen of the University of California, Irvine, about the lawsuit that allies of Stacey Abrams filed accusing Georgia of disenfranchising voters.
“Eight white-majority districts elected black members of Congress this year. That’s a breakthrough.”
David Lublin for The Monkey Cage.
“Free from federal oversight, 5 percent of Mississippi polling locations have closed since 2013”
“How the Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Led to Hundreds of Closed Polls”
“Raising Red Flags about Shelby County”
Travis Crum at Take Care:
If you’re a voting rights advocate or a law review editor, you might have noticed something different on Westlaw. After the Supreme Court invalidated the Voting Rights Act’s coverage formula in Shelby County v. Holder… Continue reading
“What Stands in the Way of Native American Voters?”
CPI:
Between 2008 and 2016, Sioux County averaged a voter turnout rate of 39.5 percent, the lowest among North Dakota’s 53 counties, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of data from the North Dakota secretary of state’s office.… Continue reading
“Civil Rights Groups Sue Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp to Cease Discriminatory ‘No Match, No Vote’ Registration Protocol”
Release via email:
Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and its partners filed a major lawsuit against Secretary of State Brian Kemp over the state of Georgia’s discriminatory and unlawful “exact match” voter suppression scheme. The suit… Continue reading