Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
Quote of the Day
“The purpose of increasing Hispanic political opportunities is not about sending more Hispanics to Congress. I don’t know why people think that way…It’s about increasing the voice of Latino voters. They can elect whoever they want.”
quoted in Texas Latinos … Continue reading
“Marc Veasey, Domingo Garcia headed for U.S. House District 33 runoff”
Dallas Morning News: “Unless Garcia can dramatically increase turnout among his Hispanic base, Veasey is poised to become the second black Democrat to represent North Texas in Congress and the first minority ever elected to Capitol Hill from Fort… Continue reading
Question of the Night
Now that Texas has held its primaries (or at least the first round) using the interim San Antonio-court created districts, will the Washington D.C. three-judge court issue its decision on the merits of the section 5 preclearance case?
“Hispanic boom may not shift Texas’ diversity in Congress”
Important AP report:“One is a black real estate agent and the other a white millionaire. For two new districts created to reflect Texas’ soaring Hispanic population, they might be the representatives elected to Congress. That’s not exactly what Hispanic… Continue reading
“Congressional Black Caucus rallies preachers to tackle voter-ID laws”
McClatchy reports.
“Texas-style redistricting vexes voters, puts map boundaries in perpetual motion”
WaPo reports.
“The Voting Rights Act: Limiting Partisan Barriers to Voter Participation”
Chris Elmendorf has written this column for Jurist.
“Tim Myers: A look at a city district voting plan”
Santa Clarita Valley Signal: “Kevin Shenkman, a Columbia-educated attorney based in Malibu, intends to prosecute a lawsuit against the city of Palmdale under the California Voting Rights Act to force the city to overturn Palmdale’s at-large system of electing… Continue reading
“Formula for Change: The Shelby County Case and Section 5”
A ChapinBlog.
“Abbott drops opposition to depositions in voter ID case”
Austin American Statesman: “In an effort to move to trial more quickly, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has quietly dropped his opposition to the Department of Justice’s request to take depositions from state lawmakers in the voter identification case.”
Lyle Denniston’s Extensive Analysis of Shelby County Case
Here: “The dueling opinions in the Shelby County ruling may well be indicators of how the Justices on the Supreme Court might end up splitting when they take a new look at the 1965 law.”
“Victory in Shelby County v. Holder: D.C. Circuit Issues 2-1 Ruling Upholding the Voting Rights Act”
David Gans blogs.
“Do We Still Need the Voting Rights Act”
Jeff Toobin: “In light of that record, the odds are that the Court will reach the same kind of conclusion with regard to the Voting Rights Act and declare Section 5 unconstitutional. At that point, the white-controlled legislatures of the… Continue reading