“DOJ okays pieces of controversial elections law”
The uncontroversial pieces, that is, of the Fla election law.
Category Archives: Department of Justice
von Spakovsky Trashes New DOJ Voting Section Hires
Here.
What would actually be useful would be to know if anyone applied for one of these jobs with conservative credentials and was turned away (as liberals were turned away when von Spakovsky had a hand in hiring). That… Continue reading
Louisiana NVRA suit goes forward — no, the other one
The Louisiana NAACP’s NVRA suit against Louisiana for its public assistance agencies’ alleged failure to comply with voter registration requirements survived a motion to dismiss today.
This suit is distinct from the NVRA public-assistance-agency enforcement lawsuit just filed by DOJ.
“A President’s Opportunity: Making Military Voters a Priority”
That’s the title of the new Heritage Foundation report on implementation of the MOVE Act.
It was released today in connection with a Military Voting Rights conference at Heritage, with a keynote address by Sen. Cornyn, who also sent off … Continue reading
“Reince Priebus accuses Obama of ‘an apparent crime'”
The rhetoric gets ratcheted up in Politico’s latest over Obama’s fundraising video, apparently shot in the Map Room of the White House.
More from The Hill and the Wall St. Journal.
“Voting Groups To Feds: Don’t Let Florida’s Restrictive Voting Law Go Through”
TPM reports on this letter sent by a number of election reform groups to DOJ. See also this press release.
“Ga. redistricting maps may land in court first”
Georgia too may bypass DOJ.
“Civil Rights Groups Ask Justice Department to Block Discriminatory Fla. Law”
See this blog post at Project Vote’s “Voting Matters” blog.
More on the New Republican Strategy to Bypass DOJ When Seeking Preclearance
Christian Adams blogs.