Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Southern States Are Moving to Tighten Voting Rules”

September 29, 2013, 1:17 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

AP: “Emboldened by the Supreme Court decision that struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act, a growing number of Republican-led states are moving aggressively to tighten voting rules. Lawsuits by the Obama administration and voting rights… Continue reading

3-Judge Texas Court, on 2-1 Vote, Allows DOJ to Intervene in Texas Voting Rights Redistricting Suit

September 24, 2013, 11:20 amDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can find the order and Judge Jerry Smith’s dissent at this link. There’s discussion in here of potential Texas bail-in under Section 3 of the VRA.

“A Moveable Court”

September 24, 2013, 7:48 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Pam Karlan in Boston Review on DOMA and the VRA.

“Officials: Voting rights legislation would have trouble passing Congress”

September 23, 2013, 5:41 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Gazette.net: “Despite the Montgomery County Council’s support for a resolution asking Congress to reinstate part of a federal regulation meant to protect voting rights for more Americans, such a measure would have a hard time passing into law, according to… Continue reading

“After ‘Shelby County’ Ruling, Are Voting Rights Endangered?”

September 22, 2013, 11:30 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Jerry Goldfeder and Myrna Perez write for the NY Law Journal.

“Texas Voter ID Violates Voting Rights Act and the Constitution, Groups Challenge Law in Federal Court”

September 17, 2013, 2:04 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Brennan Center: “Today, the Texas State Conference of the NAACP and the Mexican American Legislative Caucus of the Texas House of Representatives (MALC) filed suit in federal court to block the state’s new voter ID law because it erects… Continue reading

“Plaintiffs propose trial schedule in Texas redistricting case”

September 17, 2013, 10:58 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The latest.

“Voting Rights Act leading California cities to dump at-large elections”

September 16, 2013, 7:46 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

LA Times reports. This is the California Voting Rights Act, not the federal one.

“New Litigation Summary from CLC Describes Continuing Flood of Challenges to Campaign Finance Laws & Growing List of Voting Rights Cases”

September 13, 2013, 9:34 amcampaign finance, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

Had My Election Law Students Take the 1963 Louisiana Literacy Test in Class Today

September 10, 2013, 7:22 ampedagogy, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Nice introduction to teaching the Voting Rights Act. [Links]

“Take the Impossible ‘Literacy’ Test Louisiana Gave Black Voters in the 1960s”

September 9, 2013, 9:38 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

I missed this great Slate exercise over the summer.

“Texas: Split Ruling Over Political Maps”

September 7, 2013, 7:32 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

The AP reports: “A federal court said Friday that it would not delay Texas’ primary elections and ordered the state to temporarily use political maps drawn by the Legislature while the judges sort out a complex lawsuit.” The court… Continue reading

Mississippi Democratic Party Asks DOJ to Observe Hattiesburg Mayoral Election

September 5, 2013, 7:56 amDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

The AP reports here.

Online Discussion of the March @ 50: Voting Rights

September 5, 2013, 7:06 amVoting Rights ActDan Tokaji

You can now view last night’s “Google Hangout” discussion of the March @ 50’s voting rights segment on PBS. The discussion features Myrna Perez, Janai Nelson, and me, moderated by March @ 50 Director Shukree Tilghman.