Florida: “DeSantis wants Secretary of State to ensure access to Spanish-language ballots”
The Tampa Bay Times reports.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“5th Circuit judge raises eyebrows with ‘majority-minority panel’ reference in gerrymandering case”
ABA Journal:
A dissent by Circuit Judge Edith Brown Clement in a Mississippi gerrymandering case is raising some questions and eyebrows. What, exactly, did the federal appeals judge mean when she wrote that the state defendants “have simply had the… Continue reading
“Supreme Court considers a racial gerrymandering challenge in Virginia”
Steve Mazie for the Economist.
“Victory in Mississippi: Federal Appeals Court Rules State Must Redraw State Senate District Voting Lines”; Copy of 5th Circuit Order
Release from the Laywers’ Committee via email:
Last night, a federal appeals court ordered Mississippi officials to redraw district lines for a state senate district in the Mississippi Delta, leaving undisturbed the finding by federal district judge Carlton Reeves that… Continue reading
“Argument preview: Virginia racial gerrymandering case returns to Supreme Court”
Very readable Amy Howe preview at SCOTUSBlog of Bethune Hill II.
Shenkman’s Next California Voting Rights Act Challenge: City of Orange At-Large Elections
Voice of OC:
“The imposition of at-large elections by the City of Orange has resulted in vote dilution for the Latino residents and has denied them effective political participation in elections to the five-member Orange City Council,” reads the… Continue reading
House Oversight Requests Documents re 2018 Georgia Elections
The House Oversight Committee asked
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp today for a set of documents related to voters’
difficulties in Georgia in 2018. So far,
it’s just a request. And Kemp appears
unimpressed.
“Hillary Clinton’s claims about voter suppression in Georgia and Wisconsin”
WaPo’s
FactChecker reviews some of Hillary Clinton’s claims about the 2016
election at the Selma Bloody Sunday commemorative service for this past weekend.
“Hillary Clinton blames her defeat on the downfall of the Voting Rights Act: But is she right?”
Salon asks. The answer is no.
“Precedent, Meet Clarence Thomas. You May Not Get Along”
Adam Liptak:
According to data gathered by Stephen L. Wasby, an emeritus professor of political science at the University at Albany, Justice Thomas has written more than 250 concurring or dissenting opinions seriously questioning precedents, calling for their… Continue reading
“2020 hopefuls visit Selma for anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ march”
The Hill reports:
Several Democratic presidential hopefuls visited Selma, Ala., on Sunday to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” civil rights march in the city.Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who have each announced their… Continue reading
Sen. Jones calls on Congress to “put seem teeth back” in VRA
Pointed remarks from Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) on today’s Face the Nation:
Well, you know I think if you look at– carefully you have to look at the state legislatures, governors and members of Congress that are Republicans. For… Continue reading
“Court battles could test constitutionality of California voting rights law”
LA Times: ” [A] conservative group is backing Poway’s former mayor in a federal court fight, arguing that the California [Voting Rights Act] forces ethnic gerrymandering on unwilling citizens and their elective bodies. The case is before the U.S.… Continue reading
Crum: The Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019
Guest post from Travis Crum:
Democrats in the House and Senate recently unveiled the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 (“VRAA”), the latest version in a series of bills intended to restore the coverage formula invalidated in Shelby County v. … Continue reading