Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Lawmakers offer flurry of amendments to proposed congressional districts map”
Miami Herald:
After days of listening to how their staff redrew Florida’s 27 congressional districts in relative seclusion, state legislators Wednesday started taking their own turn at re-mapping the state.
By the end of the third day of the… Continue reading
“Carl P. Leubsdorf: Why there’s hope for easing Texas’ voter ID law”
President Obama Writes Letter to the Editor of NYT Magazine on Voting Rights Piece
“The Voting Rights Act Turned 50, But There’s Not a Lot to Celebrate”
Brentin Mock for the National Journal.
“Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the US Voting Rights Act”
Elsevier:
Two Interventions published in August 2015 are now freely available online. Read all the contributions on the Civil Rights Movement on ScienceDirect now – details below:
Interventions on the 50th anniversaries of events in the American Civil Rights Movement… Continue reading
“Texas Voter ID Law: Discriminatory Effect, Violates Voting Rights Act, 5th Cir. Says”
You can read the report from BNA’s US Law Week at this link. Reproduced with permission from The United States Law Week,84 U.S.L.W. 157 (August 11, 2015). Copyright 2015 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com>
“Inside John Roberts’ Decades-Long Crusade Against the Voting Rights Act”
Ari Berman writes for Politico Magazine, excerpt from his new book.
Also don’t miss ELB Podcast: Episode 1, my interview with Ari.
ELB Podcast, Episode #1: Ari Berman, Give Us the Ballot
I am pleased to bring you the first episode of The ELB Podcast, a new project in which I will offer occasional interviews with those making news or conducting research on election issues in the run-up to the 2016 elections.… Continue reading
“Study: Law Discouraged More Than Those Without Voter ID”
Texas Tribune:
Texas’ strict voter identification requirements kept many would-be votersin a Hispanic-majority congressional district from going to the polls last November — including many who had proper IDs — a new survey shows.
And the state’s voter ID… Continue reading
“Fayette County Voters to Have District-Based Voting this September”
Release:
Today, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted a request filed by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and cooperating Georgia attorney, Neil Bradley, to have district-based voting as the… Continue reading
“US Rep Corrine Brown Legal Challenge to New Districts Halted”
“Block The Vote: A Journalist Discusses Voting Rights And Restrictions”
Ari Berman interview on Fresh Air.