“The Retreat from Voting Rights”
William Barber NYT oped on NC decision.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Tarheel Tarnish: North Carolina Court Strips Voters of Their Rights”
“Voting Rights Lose in North Carolina”
“Shelby County’s Damage Evident in North Carolina Voter ID Decision”
“How North Carolina became the epicenter of the voting rights battle”
Sari Horwitz reports for WaPo.
4th Circuit Panel Which Partially Reversed NC Voting Decision in 2014 Likely to Get Case Back on Appeal
in my earlier post, Breaking and Analysis: Federal District Court Upholds Restrictive NC Voting Law in 485-Page Opinion, I wrote that success on appeal in the North Carolina case could well turn on which judges on the 4th Circuit… Continue reading
“Opponents of North Carolina’s Voter ID Law Appeal Ruling”
Alan Blinder for the NYT:
The protracted battle over North Carolina’s voting rules moved to a federal appeals court on Tuesday, one day after a judge upheld the Republican-backed overhaul and increased the likelihood that the changes would be in… Continue reading
“Federal District Judge Upholds North Carolina’s Sweeping Voter ID Law”
Pam Fessler reports for NPR.
“Federal judge upholds controversial North Carolina voting law”
Sari Horwitz reports for WaPo.
Last night I wrote:Breaking and Analysis: Federal District Court Upholds Restrictive NC Voting Law in 485-Page Opinion
Breaking and Analysis: Federal District Court Upholds Restrictive NC Voting Law in 485-Page Opinion
Federal district court judge Thomas Schroeder has issued this 485-page opinion considering constitutional and Voting Rights Act challenges to North Carolina’s 2013 restrictive voting law (which I have discussed in a number of places including this Harvard Law Review forum… Continue reading
“Four Ways To Fight For Democracy”
Gerry Hebert and Paul Ryan for Moyers & Co.
“2 million ballots botched in latest Maricopa County fiasco”
KPNX:
In yet another elections embarrassment for Maricopa County, two million ballots were printed with the wrong Spanish-language description for a ballot proposition May 17, resulting in a massive reprinting of ballots and mailing of postcards to correct the… Continue reading
“Lawsuit alleges Kern County “unlawfully discriminates” against Latino voters’
Bakersfield Now:
A group of Latino residents has sued the Kern County Board of Supervisors, claiming the board violated section 2 of the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
“It is clear that the Latino community has grown to… Continue reading
“Essay — Softening Voter ID Laws Through Litigation: Is it Enough?”
I have posted on SSRN a revised version of this piece, now forthcoming in the Wisconsin Law Review Forward. Here is the abstract:
Headlines about voter identification laws often place court rulings in a simple win or loss frame.… Continue reading