“North Carolina Voter ID Requirement On Trial In Federal Court”
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“Arguments Over North Carolina Voter ID Law Begin in Federal Court”
NYT:
The bitter dispute about North Carolina’s elections laws returned to a federal courtroom here on Monday as the state’s voter identification requirement went on trial.
The week’s proceedings will affect election practices in North Carolina, a state that… Continue reading
“North Carolina voter-ID case could have ramifications across U.S.”
WaPo:
The photo-ID trial is expected to last about a week. North Carolina’s snowy and icy conditions affected the first day of trial. Several witnesses were unable to travel to Winston-Salem, including plaintiffs Rosanell Eaton, 94, and her daughter.… Continue reading
Shelby County, Texas Lose Voting Fee Cases Before the Supreme Court
Today’s Supreme Court order list includes news that Shelby County, Alabama was denied fees in its voting case which got a key part of the Voting Rights Act struck down as unconstitutional. On this case, see my earlier post, Chutzpah … Continue reading
“NC voter ID trial opens in Winston-Salem”
New and Observer:
Many in North Carolina may begin their Monday morning assessing what, if any, obstacles were left behind by the winter storm that covered the state with snow and ice.
In a federal courtroom in Winston-Salem, U.S.… Continue reading
“Trial to start in lawsuit over North Carolina’s voter-ID law”
WaPo:
Rosanell Eaton still remembers the day 70 years ago when she traveled two hours with her mother in a mule-drawn wagon to register to vote at the county courthouse. Before she could, she was forced to take a… Continue reading
“N.C.’s controversial voter ID law goes on trial; nation watches”
Michael Hewlett curtain-raiser for the Winston-Salem Journal.
“Native American Voters File Voting Rights Act Suit Challenging North Dakota Voter ID Requirements”
Release:
On January 20, 2016, seven Native Americans from North Dakota filed suit under the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. and North Dakota Constitutions challenging North Dakota’s recently enacted voter ID law on the grounds it disproportionately burdens… Continue reading
“Black Voters in Fayette County, Georgia Win Historic Opportunity to Elect Candidates of Choice and Settle Voting Rights Act Case”
Press release:
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and co-counsel Neil Bradley, on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Fayette County Branch of the NAACP, and ten Black voters, have successfully settled a… Continue reading
“Partisanship Barges In on John Lewis’s Dream”
Fascinating John Harwood NYT interview with Rep. Lewis on what I’ve called the “race or party” question.
“NAACP: Postpone NC voter ID trial until after primaries”
Winston-Salem Journal:
The N.C. NAACP wants to postpone a trial on the state’s photo ID requirement until after the March 15 primary, according to court papers filed Tuesday….
Attorneys for the state NAACP have argued that state elections officials… Continue reading
“For government’s top lawyer on voting rights, presidential election has already begun”
Nice Sari Horwitz profile of Justin Levitt in the Washington Post. (Justin has been an ELB blogger but not while he’s at DOJ.)
Levitt would not discuss specific cases, except to say that although the department is hampered by the… Continue reading
“Board for Ferguson Schools Is Accused of Racial Bias”
John Eligon for the NYT:
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// // // // b?1:0};var q=function(a){return Array.prototype.concat.apply(Array.prototype,arguments)},ca=function(a){var b=a.length;if(0// Many challenges of… Continue reading