Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Ohio Early Voting Case: A Potential Precedent-Setter”
Important Ned Foley reflections on today’s case.
“Early Voting in Ohio, Despite Republican Objections”
David Firestone writes for NYT’s Taking Note ed. blog.
“Ohio Early Voting Cuts Violate the Voting Rights Act”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“In day 2 of Texas voter ID trial, Austin lawyer says voter fraud rare”
“Native language speakers win voting rights lawsuit against state”
Alaska Dispatch:
A federal judge in Anchorage ruled Wednesday that the state Elections Division violated the U.S. Voting Rights Act by failing to provide ballot and candidate information in Native languages to Yup’ik and Gwich’in speakers in three rural… Continue reading
Quote of the Day: Voter ID Dep’t
“I had to put $42 where it would do the most good….We couldn’t eat the birth certificate.”
—Sammie Louise Bates, testifying at the first day of the Texas Voter ID trial, on the burden of the cost of… Continue reading
“LDF’s Political Participation Team Challenges Texas’s Discriminatory Photo ID Law”
“Legal challenge of Texas voter ID law kicks off in federal court”
The latest from the trial. Steve Ansolabehere testified yesterday.
“Texas Voter ID Trial Begins”
“Testimony Begins in Trial Over Texas Voter ID Law”
“Texas voter ID case to begin in Corpus Christi”
Tim Eaton reports for the Austin-American Statesman.
“Court to weigh use of race in drawing political lines”
Richard Wolf of USA Today previews the Alabama racial gerrymandering case headed to SCOTUS.