I Spoke with the Legal Talk Today Podcast About the Voting Rights Act and New Restrictive Voting Rules
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Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
Nationwide preclearance of existing voter identification laws in the John L. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Travis and Nick had helpful summaries and thoughts of the major components of H.R. 4, the John L. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. I wanted to highlight one interesting change from the 2019 edition of the VRAA, the scope of… Continue reading
“House Democrats introduce a bill to beef up the Voting Rights Act.”
NYT:
Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a long-awaited linchpin of their drive to protect voting rights, introducing legislation that would make it easier for the federal government to block state election rules found to be discriminatory to nonwhite voters.House leaders expect… Continue reading
Travis Crum: “Revising Sections 2 and 5 in the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021”
The following is a very helpful guest post from Travis Crum:
Following months of anticipation, Democrats in Congress unveiled the newest version of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA). In this post, I’ll highlight major portions… Continue reading
“On voting rights, Chief Justice Roberts is far from a moderating voice”
Hearing Monday at 10 am ET: “Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: Potential Legislative Reforms”
Over at the House Judiciary Committee.
“Dems plot last-ditch voting rights push as midterm clock ticks”
Politico:
Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are preparing to take one more big swing at voting rights. They may end up hitting their base with a huge letdown.The House will return to Washington later this month to vote on… Continue reading
“John Roberts and the Supreme Court might block anything Democrats do on voting rights”
Tierney Sneed at CNN:
A key piece of congressional Democrats’ voting rights push faces not only a near-impossible odds of becoming law, but also a daunting court battle in front of a conservative judiciary if it does.The legislation, known… Continue reading
“House Democratic Report Documents Discriminatory Voting Cases”
Bloomberg:
House Democrats took another step toward considering a key voting rights bill by releasing a report documenting dozens of discriminatory election practices.The move Friday is a prelude to the introduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act,… Continue reading
Merrick Garland op-ed: “It is time for Congress to act again to protect the right to vote”
Over at the Washington Post:
Our society is shaped not only by the rights it declares but also by its willingness to protect and enforce those rights. Nowhere is this clearer than in the area of voting rights.Fifty-six years… Continue reading
House readies John Lewis bill
Politico reports on latest developments concerning revisions to the Voting Rights Act, but as with the broader HR1/S1 For the People Act it all depends on filibuster reform.
USA Today analyzes potential impact of Brnovich
Behind a paywall. A snippet:
“At a time when more than a dozen conservative states have enacted new voting limitations and no evidence of substantial fraud has emerged from the 2020 presidential contest, election law experts say the lower… Continue reading
S1 v2: Senate revisits electoral reform
Washington Post reports on today’s meeting among Senate Democrats to bring forward new version of S1, the For the People Act, building upon Senator Manchin’s compromise proposal. There’s also the possibility of new provisions aimed at election subversion. But there’s… Continue reading
New DOJ warning on pseudo-audits & voting laws
The Department of Justice issued two documents today: one on federal laws applicable to the kind of outsourced “audit” that Maricopa County, Arizona has been conducting; the other providing “guidance” on various federal laws potentially applicable to the changes in… Continue reading