Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Voting rights: Rep. Marcia Fudge is on a mission and coming to a state near you”

January 16, 2019, 10:09 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

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

November 28, 2018, 7:35 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

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.”

November 19, 2018, 10:12 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

David Lublin for The Monkey Cage.

“Free from federal oversight, 5 percent of Mississippi polling locations have closed since 2013”

October 25, 2018, 12:40 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Mississippi Today reports.

“How the Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Led to Hundreds of Closed Polls”

October 16, 2018, 10:26 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

VICE reports.

“Raising Red Flags about Shelby County”

October 15, 2018, 7:44 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

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?”

October 12, 2018, 6:48 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

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”

October 11, 2018, 4:20 pmNVRA (motor voter), Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

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

Federal District Court in California Voting Rights Act Case Denies Attempt to Stop City of Poway District Elections

October 3, 2018, 6:04 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Read the order. Along the way, the court finds that the plaintiff challenging the constitutionality of the CVRA is unlikely to succeed on the merits, It also finds it is too close to the election to make a change now… Continue reading

36 Texas Counties May Be Violating Language Provisions of Voting Rights Act

September 27, 2018, 6:54 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

ACLU press release.

Crum: The Prospect of Bailing-in Texas: Strategic Considerations (5)

September 17, 2018, 7:00 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

This is the fifth and final in a series of posts by Travis Crum: As my previous posts have made clear, Texas is eligible for bail-in for its unconstitutional conduct during the 2011 redistricting cycle. But there are strategic risks… Continue reading

Crum: The Prospect of Bailing-in Texas: The Constitutional Argument for Bail-in (4)

September 16, 2018, 9:43 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

This is the fourth in a series of guest posts by Travis Crum: As I discussed in my previous post, Texas’s conduct during the 2011 redistricting cycle qualifies it for bail-in. But as is often true in election law, this… Continue reading

Crum: The Prospect of Bailing-in Texas: The Statutory Argument for Bail-in (3)

September 15, 2018, 9:41 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

This is third in a series of guest posts by Travis Crum: In my last post, I provided an overview of recent bail-in cases. Now I will argue why Texas qualifies for bail-in under Section 3(c). Given the very long… Continue reading

Unanimous 11th Circuit Panel Holds that Local Election Change in Jurisdiction Previously Covered by Voting Rights Act Section 5 and Passed Before Shelby County Must Be Implemented Now

September 13, 2018, 9:10 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

This could have some very large implications. How many other laws are out there that were never enacted or blocked by Section 5 which someone could now sue to revive? (h/t John Nieman)