Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“N.C. Supreme Court blocks App State voting site”
I have removed this post because it linked to a story which turned out to be incorrect. For an update, see here.
“Carl P. Leubsdorf: Supreme Court’s next move will reveal its true intent toward voting rights”
“The Supreme Court and voting rights; Silent treatment”
Steven Mazzie writes at The Economist.
Breaking: Justice Ginsburg Fixes Her Texas Voter ID Dissent After ELB Notes Error
Yesterday I had a post noting an apparent small error in Justice Ginsburg’s dissent in the Texas voter id case. The Justice said a Veterans ID card was not acceptable for voting, but it appears that it is acceptable.
Today… Continue reading
“Editorial: In voter ID ruling, justices side with more obstacles at the polls”
“Records at odds with voter fraud probe claim”
News from Georgia:
Documents obtained from Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office appear to contradict Kemp’s claim that a voter fraud probe was based on numerous complaints from counties across Georgia.
For weeks, Democrats have hinted that Secretary of State… Continue reading
Listen to My Interview with Madeline Brand on Texas Voter ID and Justice Ginsburg’s Dissent
Here at KCRW’s Press Play, discussing my recent Slate column, Dawn Patrol: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s critically important 5 a.m. wake-up call on voting rights.
President Obama Talks Voting Rights and Fraud With Jeffrey Toobin
A part of this fascinating New Yorker piece:
The subject of voting rights has largely been thrust upon Obama by a conservative judiciary. “You look at something like the Voting Rights Act, which was uncontroversial from a legal point… Continue reading
“Ginsburg Explains Saturday Surprise on Texas Voting Law”
Tony Mauro writes for NLJ.
Two from Ari Berman on Voting Rights
“Dawn Patrol: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s critically important 5 a.m. wake-up call on voting rights”
[Bumping to the top for the Monday morning crowd.]
I have written this new piece for Slate. It begins:
On the surface, Supreme Court justices seem to have it pretty easy: They decide only around 70 cases per year with… Continue reading
“Castaic school district to shift to cumulative voting”
A wave of cumulative voting adoptions to avoid drawing majority-minority districts in the face of liability under the California Voting Rights Act.