“New congressional maps dilute Black power, critics say”
AP reports.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
Follow-Up Written Answers for Senate Judiciary Committee on Voting Rights after Brnovich and Shelby County
Last July, I testified at a Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on The Constitution, hearing entitled “Restoring the Voting Rights Act after Brnovich and Shelby County.”
Two Senators had follow-up questions, and I have now posted the questions and… Continue reading
“The Limits of Procedure: Litigating Voting Rights in the Face of a Hostile Supreme Court”
Carolyn Shapiro has posted this draft on SSRN (Ohio State Law Journal Online). Here is the abstract:
This essay is a response to Charquia Wright’s article, Circuit Circus: Defying SCOTUS and Disenfranchising Black Voters, 81 Ohio St. L.J. 405 (2020).… Continue reading
“How a rare voting rights win took two races off Georgia ballots”
AJC reports:
An unusual voting rights victory is delaying elections for Georgia’s utility regulators until next year, allowing the Republican-led General Assembly to make new rules for Public Service Commission elections but giving Democrats a better chance to break… Continue reading
“The Truly Scary Part of the $1.6 Billion Conservative Donation; It’s not about the legality. It’s about the loop.”
I have written this piece with Dahlia Lithwick for Slate. It begins:
On Monday, the New York Times broke the news that last year conservative mastermind Leonard Leo had obtained control over $1.6 billion through something called the “Marble Freedom… Continue reading
“Activists in Florida say Black voters have seen their political power curtailed”
NPR:
A combination of new election laws and congressional redistricting has made it harder for Black communities in Florida to organize and vote, activists say.Florida, which concludes its primary elections on Tuesday, is among various Republican-led states that have… Continue reading
“Arkansas violated the Voting Rights Act by limiting help to voters, a judge rules.”
NYT:
A federal judge ruled that Arkansas violated the Voting Rights Act with its six-voter limit for those who help people cast ballots in person, which critics had argued disenfranchised immigrants and people with disabilities.In a 39-page ruling issued on… Continue reading
Breaking: Georgia Gives Up Seeking Emergency Relief after Supreme Court Loss, Will Run Elections for Public Service Commissions Using Districts to Remedy Likely Voting Rights Act Violation
Following up on this post, Georgia has raised the white flag, at least for this election. That’s even after the 11th Circuit set a lightning fast briefing schedule to consider a stay on remand from the Supreme Court.
Breaking: Supreme Court Reverses Eleventh Circuit in Georgia Voting Rights Suit Finding Georgia Secretary of State Conceded Purcell Principle Could Not Apply; Remands for Further Proceedings (No Noted Dissents) [Updated 11th Circuit Order on Remand]
Georgia’s failure to use districts for electing certain statewide officials was found to violate the Voting Rights Act, and the district court required the use of districts in an upcoming election. The Eleventh Circuit put that ruling on hold, apply… Continue reading
Federal District Court Rules That Georgia’s Food and Water Ban for Those Waiting in Line to Vote Likely Violates the First Amendment, But Refuses Preliminary Injunction on Purcell Grounds
You can find the opinion at this link.
Plaintiffs in Georgia Voting Rights Suit File Emergency Application to Vacate Stay with Supreme Court, Seeking District Elections for Public Service Commissioners. Case Raises Major Purcell Issue
11th Circuit, Over Strong Dissent by Judge Rosenbaum over Application of the Purcell Principle, Stays Order Delaying Georgia Public Utility Commission Elections with At-Large Plan Likely to Violate Voting Rights Act [corrected title]
You can find the opinion and dissent here.
In my view (consistent with the views in my article identifying the “Purcell principle”), Judge Rosenbaum’s integration of Purcell into the broader Nken standard for considering emergency relief is the right… Continue reading
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Proves Likely Violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Lyman County Commissioner Redistricting
You can find the court’s order on the preliminary injunction at this link. The Tribe and individual voters are represented by the Native American Rights Fund, Public Counsel, the Law Office of Bryan Sells, the Law Office of… Continue reading
Georgia: “Federal judge rules PSC election ‘unlawfully dilutes’ Black voting power”
AJC:
A federal judge ruled Friday that Georgia must end statewide elections for the Public Service Commission because they discriminate against Black voters, a decision that could bar state officials from holding a November election to fill two seats.U.S.… Continue reading