Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“North Carolina governor signs extensive Voter ID law”

August 12, 2013, 11:55 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WaPo: North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) on Monday signed into law one of the nation’s most wide-ranging Voter ID laws. The move is likely to touch off a major court battle over voting rights, and the Justice Department… Continue reading

“GOP’s Eric Cantor is Dems’ Unlikely Ally on Voting Rights Act”

August 12, 2013, 9:35 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Hill reports.

“Texas primaries could be delayed again over redistricting”

August 11, 2013, 10:00 pmDepartment of Justice, redistricting, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

AP reports.

“Texas on voting rights: It’s not about race, just politics”

August 11, 2013, 4:41 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Adam Serwer reports for MSNBC.

President Obama Mentions Voting Rights Act in Press Conference Today

August 9, 2013, 2:00 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

From the transcript in response to a question on immigration reform: So when I hear the opposition to immigration reform, I just run through the list of things that are concerned about, I look at what the Senate bill does,… Continue reading

“Texas: We Only Hate Democrats, Not Minorities”

August 9, 2013, 10:48 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Frank Wilkinson for Bloomberg View: “So, here’s the question the federal courts must decide: When the white party uses its legislative authority to undermine the brown and black party, is that a racial act or merely a political one?”

Persily and Mann on Shelby County

August 9, 2013, 8:41 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Nate Persily and Tom Mann have posted this paper, summarizing the recent Brookings conference on Shelby County.

“Texas moves to protect voter ID law”

August 8, 2013, 4:18 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Lyle Denniston (the only one apparently not on hiatus this week at SCOTUSBlog): “Repeating its argument that its controversial new photo ID requirement for Texas voters is now in operation, the state on Thursday asked a federal court in Washington… Continue reading

“Florida is already making it harder to vote, thanks to the Supreme Court”

August 8, 2013, 12:50 pmSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Week reports.

“Texas Launches New Legal Attack On Voting Rights Act”

August 8, 2013, 10:50 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Sahil Kapur of TPM reports.

“After Shelby, Voting-Law Changes Come One Town at a Time”

August 8, 2013, 8:57 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Frontline reports.

Texas Ups the Ante in Fight Over Voting Rights Act, Betting on An Emboldened Conservative Supreme Court

August 7, 2013, 9:28 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I recently wrote in NLJ about AG Holder’s Texas-sized gambit: to get Texas covered again under a preclearance regime using section 3 of the Voting Rights Act. It’s a move that is risky both legally and politically, for reasons I… Continue reading

Only in America

August 7, 2013, 8:44 pmpolitical parties, political polarization, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas defends itself against claims it discriminated against minority voters by claiming it discriminated against Democrats (p. 19): DOJ’s accusations of racial discrimination are baseless. In 2011, both houses of the Texas Legislature were controlled by large Republican majorities, and… Continue reading

Quote of the Day

August 7, 2013, 8:17 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

“I had many people tell me after that ruling that they were so depressed, they couldn’t get out of bed…I told them to get up out the bed.” —Barbara Arnwine, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, speaking to … Continue reading