“Civil Rights Leaders Upset Over Non-Voting Rights Act Hearing”
The Dallas Weekly reports. I think in the headline the “Non-” should be modifying hearing not voting rights.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
At #SCOTUS, Wisconsin Files Its Voter ID Opposition to Cert. Petition
“Voting Laws Roundup 2015”
Brennan Center:
As the early stages of the 2016 presidential race begin, state legislatures are already considering hundreds of laws that could determine access to the ballot.
Increased single-party control in state capitals has accompanied a renewed push for… Continue reading
“Using Race (Again) in the Struggle for Political Mastery”
Michael Curtis:
After their victories in 2010 state legislative elections, Republicans reapportioned a number of state legislatures. They drew districts so that, for later elections, a minority or slim majority of Republican voters for Congress or the state legislature could… Continue reading
Texas Files Partially Redacted Brief in 5th Circuit Voter ID Appeal
“Lynch Pressed on Voting Laws at Confirmation Hearing”
Mike Sacks reports for BLT.
“How to Protect the Vote: Democrats face significant obstacles in the fight to strengthen voting rights”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“From Selma to Citizens United: The contested struggle for one person, one vote”
This item appears at Facing South.
Common Cause to Rep. Goodlatte: “Discrimination Isn’t a Thing of the Past”
“Honor King’s Legacy By Protecting Voting Rights”
Ari Berman:
The film Selma movingly chronicles Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight to win the Voting Rights Act (VRA). It ends with King speaking triumphantly on the steps of the Alabama capitol, after marching from Selma to Montgomery. Five… Continue reading
Rep. Conyers on the VRA and VRAA
WaPo profile:
Conyers and House Democrats plan to spend this year drawing attention to ongoing concerns with voting rights after the Supreme Court invalidated parts of the Voting Rights Act in 2013. The court struck down sections of the law… Continue reading
Maureen Dowd NYT Column on “Selma” and LBJ
The VRAA, as Expected, is Going Nowhere in the New Congress
MSNBC:
A top Republican has all but confirmed that Congress won’t move forward with legislation to strengthen the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which was badly weakened by the Supreme Court in 2013.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte, who chairs the House… Continue reading
“Supreme Court could rule on Wisconsin voter ID law”
Zack Roth reports for MSNBC.