ADN: Two elderly Yup’ik speakers and two tribal organizations from Southwest Alaska filed a federal lawsuit Friday against state election officials, accusing them of failing to provide language assistance at the polls as required by federal law. According to… Continue reading

Amazon.

Courtesy of Will Baude (who says this is not part of a “hidden agenda to undermine the Voting Rights Act”).

The Geography of Racial Stereotyping: Evidence and Implications for VRA Preclearance After Shelby County The Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder (2013) effectively enjoined the preclearance regime of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The Court deemed the coverage formula,… Continue reading

NPR reports.

Gannett reports.

Mary Lochner opines.

Lyle Denniston: A key date — July 26 — has now been set for a test of the Obama administration’s view on a legal mechanism for continuing to protect minority voters against discrimination at the polls — including court… Continue reading

Andrew Cohen gets pessimistic.

Here.