“North Carolina Becomes Latest Casualty of Supreme Court Voting Rights Act Decision”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Judge Backs New Limits On North Carolina Voting”
Richard Fausset reports for the NYT.
My earlier analysis is here.
“Fair Voting in California – Will Santa Barbara Join Santa Clarita?”
FairVote: “In July, the city of Santa Barbara became the most recent in a string of California cities being sued under the California Voting Rights Act for diluting the votes of their Latino population. After finding out about the… Continue reading
“A new focus on voter discrimination”
MSNBC Video: “A new report finds that voting discrimination is a frequent problem in the U.S, while voter fraud is statistically nonexistent. Joy Reid discusses with Barbara Arnwine from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and MSNBC.com… Continue reading
“Eric Holder goes to the mat for voting rights”
Zachary Roth reports for MSNBC.
Heads Up: North Carolina Voting Decision Could Come within a Week; WI Voter ID Ruling Could Come in Weeks
July 11 AP story: “Schroeder, who was appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush, indicated Thursday that he will issue a written decision in the case within the next month.”
This ruling will be significant, and… Continue reading
“New Report Shows Continued Pattern of Voting Rights Discrimination—African American, Latino, Asian American and Native American Voters More Vulnerable Than Ever”
Major new report issued by the National Commission on Voting Rights:
On the anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act and a year after the Supreme Court’s Shelby County v Holder decision gutted a vital protection of the… Continue reading
Wikipedia Features Article on Voting Rights Act of 1965 Today, Its 49th Anniversary
Read the article here.
“Wisconsin asks court to OK voter ID for 2014 election”
Josh Gerstein:
The State of Wisconsin is asking a federal appeals court to allow Wisconsin’s voter identification law to be enforced during this fall’s general election.
In a filing Tuesday with the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, lawyers… Continue reading
“Florida judge takes on gerrymandering; sets stage for Supreme Court cases in fall”
Bob Barnes reports for WaPo.
“Baton Rouge voter discrimination case heads to trial in federal court Monday”
“Wisconsin Supreme Court’s voter ID ruling creates confusion, possibility of fraud”
AP:
A court-ordered change to Wisconsin’s photo identification law that’s designed to cut down on voter fraud is creating confusion and may even open the door to the very type of behavior Republican lawmakers were trying to prevent.
Policy… Continue reading
Molly Moran to Be Acting Head of DOJ Civil Rights Division
HuffPo:
The staff of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division gathered this morning in their fifth floor conference room — J. Edgar Hoover’s former office — for an “all hands” meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder, who announced that his… Continue reading