Federal District Court Rejects More Challenges as Part of Fair Fight Action’s Large Attack on Georgia Voting Laws; Other Voting Challenges Remain Pending
You can find the court’s opinion at this link. (I had high hopes for this litigation.)
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
UCLA Voting Rights Project Publishes Model Code for State Voting Rights Act
Release:
The UCLA Voting Rights Project has just released to the public its Model State-level Voting Rights Act for voting rights advocates, state legislators, and others involved in the law-making process to utilize in advocating for and drafting pro-voting rights… Continue reading
“Court fight against Georgia voting overhaul no sure thing”
Mark Sherman for AP:
Richard Hasen, an election law expert at the University of California at Irvine law school, said the outcome is hard to predict. “Many of the things that the bill does are in line with what other… Continue reading
“How the Supreme Court laid the path for Georgia’s new election law”
Joan Biskupic for CNN:
Georgia’s voter restrictions were dashed into law Thursday by Republicans shaken over recent election losses and lies about fraud from former President Donald Trump, yet the measures also developed against a backdrop of US Supreme Court… Continue reading
“Why the Georgia G.O.P.’s Voting Rollbacks Will Hit Black People Hard”
NYT:
Should the high court make changes to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which allows after-the-fact challenges to voting restrictions that may disproportionately affect members of minority groups, Democrats and voting rights groups could be left without one… Continue reading
“The Coming Redistricting Cycle Will Test Just What Biden’s DOJ Can Do With A Gutted VRA”
Tierney Sneed for TPM.
“The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act case could gut civil rights protections. Then what?”
Isaac Cui at The Monkey Cage.
“In Georgia, Republicans Take Aim at Role of Black Churches in Elections”
NYT article, with the subhead: “New proposals by the G.O.P.-controlled Legislature have targeted Sunday voting, part of a raft of measures that could reduce the impact of Black voters in the state.”
“The Supreme Court Might Kill Voting Rights—Quietly”
David Gans for The Atlantic
“Supreme Court Case Could Limit Options to Fight Republican Voting Restrictions”
Thoughts on Brnovich Oral Argument: Few Surprises, and Voting Rights Plaintiffs Are Likely to Lose (But Exactly How Remains Unclear)
I just finished listening to the two-hour argument in the Brnovich voting rights case. For background on what’s at stake and where I think things are, see this SCOTUSBlog post.
Oral argument went as I expected. There was little… Continue reading
“High Noon For The Future Of The Voting Rights Act At The Supreme Court”
Nina Totenberg for NPR:
The potential to render the Voting Rights Act nearly a dead letterIn fact, 33 states have “introduced, refiled, or carried over more than 165 restrictive laws this year,” says Myrna Pérez, director of the Voting Rights… Continue reading
Travis Crum: “Rethinking the Race or Party Question in Brnovich”
Here is a guest post from Travis Crum of Wash U:
The Supreme Court will soon hear oral argument in Brnovich v. DNC, a major voting rights case. As relevant here, the case concerns an Arizona ballot-collection law that… Continue reading
“Supreme Court to again consider federal protections for minority voters”
Robert Barnes WaPo preview of the Brnovich argument.