Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

Read the Cross Motions for Summary Judgment in the Kinston Section 5 VRA Case (LaRoque)

August 16, 2011, 8:29 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

See Plaintiffs’ MSJ motion DOJ MSJ motion Plaintiffs’ reply [corrected link] DOJ’s reply is to come. Note that both Sam Bagenstos and Julie Fernandes are on the DOJ briefs.

“The State of Texas’ pre-clearance submission to DOJ on Voter ID”

August 15, 2011, 5:02 pmDepartment of Justice, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here. Is TX under Obama DOJ = Georgia under Bush DOJ? Is Texas voter id law = Georgia voter id law?

And If I Do Say So Myself Dept.

August 14, 2011, 2:15 pmDepartment of Justice, election administration, voter registration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Florida SOS Kurt Browning has written Changes Improve Florida Elections. I find the following paragraph to be particularly disingenuous: I have no reason to believe that the court’s review will be more or less favorable than the U.S. Justice… Continue reading

“NAACP Legal Defense Fund Files Voting Rights Act Challenge to Fayette County, Georgia’s At-Large Election Method”

August 9, 2011, 11:55 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

See this press release with a link to the complaint.

“DOJ okays pieces of controversial elections law”

August 9, 2011, 10:33 amDepartment of Justice, election administration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The uncontroversial pieces, that is, of the Fla election law.

von Spakovsky Trashes New DOJ Voting Section Hires

August 8, 2011, 3:13 pmDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here. What would actually be useful would be to know if anyone applied for one of these jobs with conservative credentials and was turned away (as liberals were turned away when von Spakovsky had a hand in hiring). That… Continue reading

“Debate Rages Over Florida’s Election Law Review”

August 8, 2011, 7:35 amelection administration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WMFE reports.

“Still the Struggle to Vote”

August 6, 2011, 9:37 pmvoter id, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Laughlin McDonald and Laura Murphy of the ACLU have this comment on the VRA and South Carolina’s recently enacted voter ID law.

States Rights and the Voting Rights Act

August 6, 2011, 11:09 amVoting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Jesse Jackson, Barbara Arnwine, and Janet Mathis have this commentary in Politico for the VRA’s 46th birthday.

“Dems, GOP cite ’65 voting law in remapping debates”

August 6, 2011, 8:18 amVoting Rights ActDan Tokaji

AP reports here.

Voting Groups Ask DOJ to Deny Preclearance of SC Voter ID Law

August 5, 2011, 12:36 pmvoter id, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

See this story on this letter from the ACLU, Lawyers Committee, Brennan Center, and League of Women Voters.

“DSCC asks Justice to halt Florida voting law”

August 4, 2011, 9:53 amelection administration, voter registration, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Ben Smith has this post on Politico, regarding a letter from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to DOJ’s voting rights section, asking that it deny preclearance of Florida’s recent changes to third-party voter registration, early voting, and provisional voting rules. … Continue reading

“Latest CA Redistricting Maps Satisfy Most Minorities—But Not Latinos”

August 1, 2011, 6:52 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

New America Media reports here on the plan drawn by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, observing that: “While groups that represent Asian-Americans and blacks are mostly satisfied with the maps, representatives for Latino organizations are dismayed that the redrawn districts… Continue reading

“Redistricting gives Latinos in East Valley a new opportunity”

July 31, 2011, 8:56 amcitizen commissions, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The LA Times offers this interesting report. I see from the accompanying map that I am likely to be one of the voters who could well see a head-to-head Berman-Sherman matchup as fallout from this shift.