“State Legislatures Adjourning, But Voting Rights Still Center Stage”
Goldfeder and Perez for NYLJ.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
GOP Statement on Voting Rights Act Celebrates Early Voting, While GOP Legislators Cut It Back
Republican National Committee statement on the 50 anniversary of Voting Rights Act:
“The Voting Rights Act of 1965 enjoyed broad Republican support, but protecting citizens’ right to vote in free and fair elections is not merely a Republican priority. It… Continue reading
“How to Save the Voting Rights Act”
[bumping to the top for today’s 50th anniversary of the VRA; see also my coverage of yesterday’s very important 5th Circuit Texas voter id ruling.]
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
In 2010, the Simpsons featured a … Continue reading
“50 Years of the Voting Rights Act”
Spencer Overton:
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies recently released 50 Years of the Voting Rights Act: The State of Race in Politics.
The report is critical to understanding the impact of the Act and the… Continue reading
“Rep. John Lewis and Sen. Patrick Leahy: Restore voting rights”
“The Voting Rights Act Is 50 Years Old Today. So Why Do Things Still Seem So Bad”
“Texas voter ID law ruled invalid — in part”
Lyle Denniston:
Acting one day before the fiftieth anniversary of the nation’s most important voting rights law, a federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that Texas will be barred from enforcing at least part of its four-year-old law that… Continue reading
“Why the Voting Rights Act Is Once Again Under Threat”
Ari Berman writes for The New York Times oped page.
“Celebrating one of the Voting Rights Act’s many anniversaries”
Brianne Gorod at Constitution Daily.
“The Voting Rights Umbrella”
President Bill Clinton essay in the Yale Law and Policy Review.
US AG Lynch Statement on Texas Voter ID Ruling
“Redistricting Could Have the Most Disparate Effect”
Nick Stephanopoulos’s contribution to NYT’s Room for Debate forum on the future of the Voting Rights Act is now up.
“Appellate Panel Says Texas ID Law Broke U.S. Voting Rights Act”
Erik Eckholm reports for the NYT.