“Holder’s Racial Politics; The AG’s attack on voter ID laws may backfire legally and politically.”
The Wall Street Journal offers this editorial.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“U.S. opposes Texas election maps”
Lyle Denniston reports.
“Federal judge: For blacks, ‘voting rights’ include identifying Democrats on ballots”
This item appears at the Daily Caller.
DOJ Files SCOTUS Brief Mostly Supporting District Court Interim Maps in Texas Redistricting Case
You can read the brief here. (Texas redistricting has all the amicus briefs filed so far here.) As I expected, DOJ (and soon the respondents) make much of the D.C. Circuit’s recent opinion denying preclearance of the… Continue reading
“Civil Rights Groups Press Justice Department To Block Other Voter ID Laws”
TPM reports. For reasons I will explain in a piece I’m working on, I don’t think the suggested strategy (DOJ sues other states for intentional discrimination in voting) is likely to work. In fact, an earlier post from TPM… Continue reading
Toobin on South Carolina and Preclearance
Here, at the New Yorker‘s Daily Comment blog.
I will have more to say on South Carolina and the VRA soon.
“D.C. panel issues decision defining preclearance standards”
This item appears at the Kuff’s World blog of the Houston Chronicle.
“Press round up: Preclearance, the future of section 5 & more”
Here, at Texas Redistricting.
“Justice Department Blocks New S.C. Voting ID Law”
NPR reports.
“Justice Department rejects South Carolina voter ID law”
“Justice Department Rejects Voter ID Law in South Carolina”
NY Times:
South Carolina now faces the choice of dropping the proposed change or asking a federal court in the District of Columbia to approve the law. Richard L. Hasen, an election law specialist at the University of California,… Continue reading
Texas AG Predicts on Twitter that DOJ Will Deny Preclearance to Texas Voter ID Law
See here. J. Christian Adams urges Texas to pull its preclearance submission. And South Carolina is going to court over the denial of preclearance of its voter id law.
“Gov.’s office: Justice Department approves new Ga. political maps for Congress, state races”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Breaking News: DOJ Blocks South Carolina Voter ID Law Under Voting Rights Act; Case Could Be Vehicle to Get Supreme Court to Strike Down Section 5 of VRA Relatively Soon
See these stories. Here is the letter from DOJ. DOJ finds racial disparities in the effect of the photo id law precludes allowing preclearance. But in light of new evidence submitted by South Carolina, DOJ invites the state to… Continue reading