Gans Responds to Clegg on African-American Voter Turnout and the Shelby County Case
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Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
DOJ, Others Urges Affirmance in Texas Voter ID Case Before Supreme Court
The Lawyers’ Committee has posted the Supreme Court documents:
Supreme Court Documents:
Click here for Texas’ Jurisdictional Statement.
Click here for the Lawyers’ Committee’s Motion to Affirm.
Click here for the Justice Department’s Motion to Affirm.
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“The Geography of Discrimination in Voting: MRP Meets the VRA”
Chris Elmendorf and Doug Spencer have posted this draft on SSRN, and it is potentially relevant to the Shelby County Voting Rights Act case pending before the Supreme Court. Here is the abstract:
The geography of voter discrimination—that is, the… Continue reading
“Supreme Court to Make Crucial Rulings on Race”
Richard Wolf reports for USA Today on Shelby County and Fisher.
“2012 Turnout: Race, Ethnicity and the Youth Vote”
Michael McDonald:
An important election survey that reveals patterns in voting and registration is the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey November Voting and Registration Supplement, or CPS for short. The 2012 CPS reveals insights to major stories about… Continue reading
“Justice Department to monitor South Carolina congressional election”
Bill Yeomans on DOJ, Voting Rights, and the IG Report
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“L.A. County rejects school districts’ bid to avoid voting rights suits”
LAT: “Los Angeles County officials rejected a bid Tuesday from several Santa Clarita Valley school districts and a water district hoping to consolidate elections and avoid the kind of voting rights lawsuits that other local governments have been hit… Continue reading
“Beaumont voting rights case sparks heated debate in Washington court”
“LANDMARK FILM DIGITAL RELEASE TO COINCIDE WITH U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION”
The following press release arrived via email:
New York, N.Y.–“Home of the Brave,” a powerful, award-winning 2004 documentary about murdered civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo will be released digitally as the U.S. Supreme Court considers overturning critical aspects of the… Continue reading
“In a First, Black Voter Turnout Rate Passes Whites”
AP: “America’s blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama… Continue reading
“More Bailouts of Covered Jurisdictions Moving Forward as Supreme Court Weighs Voting Rights Act”
CLC: “This week more jurisdictions moved forward with bailouts from the preclearance provisions of the Voting Rights Act as the Supreme Court weighs a challenge to the constitutionality of those provisions. Yesterday, a three-judge court in Washington, DC approved… Continue reading
“Scalia’s limited understanding of the Voting Rights Act”
Gary May has written this WaPo oped. It begins: “In the debate over the future of the Voting Rights Act , it sometimes becomes apparent that certain members of the Supreme Court are either oblivious to our nation’s recent… Continue reading
“Redistricting Board asks Supreme Court to clarify ruling”
Anchorage Daily News: “The Alaska Redistricting Board has gone once again to the Alaska Supreme Court, this time asking the justices to clarify whether an earlier ruling requires it to redraw all of Alaska’s legislative districts from scratch.”
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