Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“NC voter ID trial opens in Winston-Salem”

January 24, 2016, 3:37 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

New and Observer: Many in North Carolina may begin their Monday morning assessing what, if any, obstacles were left behind by the winter storm that covered the state with snow and ice. In a federal courtroom in Winston-Salem, U.S.… Continue reading

“Trial to start in lawsuit over North Carolina’s voter-ID law”

January 24, 2016, 3:31 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WaPo: Rosanell Eaton still remembers the day 70 years ago when she traveled two hours with her mother in a mule-drawn wagon to register to vote at the county courthouse. Before she could, she was forced to take a… Continue reading

“N.C.’s controversial voter ID law goes on trial; nation watches”

January 24, 2016, 10:11 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Hewlett curtain-raiser for the Winston-Salem Journal.

“Native American Voters File Voting Rights Act Suit Challenging North Dakota Voter ID Requirements”

January 22, 2016, 8:46 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Release: On January 20, 2016, seven Native Americans from North Dakota filed suit under the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. and North Dakota Constitutions challenging North Dakota’s recently enacted voter ID law on the grounds it disproportionately burdens… Continue reading

“Black Voters in Fayette County, Georgia Win Historic Opportunity to Elect Candidates of Choice and Settle Voting Rights Act Case”

January 20, 2016, 7:05 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Press release: The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and co-counsel Neil Bradley, on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Fayette County Branch of the NAACP, and ten Black voters, have successfully settled a… Continue reading

“Partisanship Barges In on John Lewis’s Dream”

January 19, 2016, 8:09 ampolitical parties, political polarization, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Fascinating John Harwood NYT interview with Rep. Lewis on what I’ve called the “race or party” question.

“NAACP: Postpone NC voter ID trial until after primaries”

January 13, 2016, 12:19 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Winston-Salem Journal: The N.C. NAACP wants to postpone a trial on the state’s photo ID requirement until after the March 15 primary, according to court papers filed Tuesday…. Attorneys for the state NAACP have argued that state elections officials… Continue reading

“For government’s top lawyer on voting rights, presidential election has already begun”

January 13, 2016, 11:45 amDepartment of Justice, election law biz, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Nice Sari Horwitz profile of Justin Levitt in the Washington Post. (Justin has been an ELB blogger but not while he’s at DOJ.) Levitt would not discuss specific cases, except to say that although the department is hampered by the… Continue reading

“Board for Ferguson Schools Is Accused of Racial Bias”

January 13, 2016, 8:00 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

John Eligon for the NYT: // // // // b?1:0};var q=function(a){return Array.prototype.concat.apply(Array.prototype,arguments)},ca=function(a){var b=a.length;if(0Voting Rights Act, which prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on various factors, including race. // // // // b?1:0};var q=function(a){return Array.prototype.concat.apply(Array.prototype,arguments)},ca=function(a){var b=a.length;if(0// Many challenges of… Continue reading

WI Moves for Summary Judgment in Case Challenging Host of Wisconsin Election Laws

January 11, 2016, 4:53 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Details and filings.

“Voting on trial: ACLU case against Ferguson-Florissant goes to court”

January 10, 2016, 8:27 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

St. Louis Public Radio: Are African-American voters in the Ferguson-Florissant school district shortchanged because board members there are elected at-large? Or would dividing the district into subdistricts actually weaken the clout of black voters, not increase it? U.S. District… Continue reading

Trump Virginia Loyalty Pledge Case Looks Weak

January 7, 2016, 10:18 amcampaigns, political parties, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WaPo: Three African American pastors who support Donald Trump filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday over a requirement that GOP primary voters sign a statement affirming that they are Republicans — a plan the presidential front-runner has condemned. The plaintiffs say… Continue reading

“Waller County, Texas Reverses Course on Decision to Close Polling Locations in African-American Community After Pressure from CLC, Voting Rights Institute, and the Community”

January 6, 2016, 1:29 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

See here.

Ed Blum Statement to ELB on Guardian Article: No Regrets about Shelby County

January 6, 2016, 7:43 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Yesterday I linked to an article in The Guardian in which the architect of the lawsuits to bring down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act appeared to express some second thoughts about how things have worked out since the… Continue reading