Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Voting on trial: ACLU case against Ferguson-Florissant goes to court”
St. Louis Public Radio:
Are African-American voters in the Ferguson-Florissant school district shortchanged because board members there are elected at-large? Or would dividing the district into subdistricts actually weaken the clout of black voters, not increase it?
U.S. District… Continue reading
Trump Virginia Loyalty Pledge Case Looks Weak
WaPo:
Three African American pastors who support Donald Trump filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday over a requirement that GOP primary voters sign a statement affirming that they are Republicans — a plan the presidential front-runner has condemned.
The plaintiffs say… Continue reading
“Waller County, Texas Reverses Course on Decision to Close Polling Locations in African-American Community After Pressure from CLC, Voting Rights Institute, and the Community”
Ed Blum Statement to ELB on Guardian Article: No Regrets about Shelby County
Yesterday I linked to an article in The Guardian in which the architect of the lawsuits to bring down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act appeared to express some second thoughts about how things have worked out since the… Continue reading
Clinton Lawyer Marc Elias Predicts Record-Setting Voting Wars Litigation This Election Season
I missed this nugget the first time through Jim Rutenberg’s excellent NYT Magazine piece on Latino voting rights through the lens of Pasadena, TX:
The 2016 presidential election will be the first to take place after the gutting of the… Continue reading
“Rep. Brown plans court battle over redistricting”
The latest from Fla.
Today’s Must Read: NYT Magazine Jim Rutenberg Piece on Voting Rights in Pasadena, TX
A deep dive into the state of Hispanic voting rights in the U.S., through the lens of a Texas town.
ELB Podcast Episode 8. Pam Karlan: Voting Rights In America, 2016
What is the state of voting rights in the United States as we approach the 2016 elections? Has the loss of a key portion of the Voting Rights Act thanks to the Supreme Court’s Shelby County decision made it harder… Continue reading
“Realizing the Right to Vote: The Story of Thornburg v. Gingles”
Dan Tokaji has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Election Law Stories). Here is the abstract;
Justice William Brennan’s opinion in Thornburg v. Gingles is among the most consequential and enduring in the election law canon. Gingles established a three-part… Continue reading
“Balance Sheet Voting Rights Act 50 years”
New issue of Transatlantica on the Voting Rights Act:
Olivier Richomme
The Voting Rights Act at 50: From Participation to Meaningful Representation Vote[Full Text]
Jesse H. Rhodes
Competing Partisan Regimes and the Transformation of the Voting Rights Act, 1965-2015… Continue reading
“Eric Holder on Voting Rights, Black Lives Matter, Karl Rove, and Tupac”
Conversation with Ari Berman.
The case that struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act was called Shelby County v. Holder. You are Holder. Do you think the Administration in retrospect could have done anything differently in… Continue reading
“Florida’s Ex-Felons Struggle to Regain Their Voting Rights”
Spencer Woodman deep dive at The Intercept.
Eric Foner Reviews Ari Berman’s “Give Us the Ballot”
Here, in The Nation.