“Redistricting Maps Bound for DC”
Georgia on my mind.
Category Archives: Department of Justice
” Worth the Wait: DOJ Review of SC Photo ID Could Yield First Real Data to Evaluate Claims of Disenfranchisement”
Doug Chapin blogs.
“Political Insider Your morning jolt: The dueling legal arguments behind redistricting”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s “Political Insider” blog: “The issue: Are white Democrats a protected class under the Voting Rights Act – if they are the choice of a substantial number of African-American voters?”
Decision on Department of Justice Preclearance of South Carolina Voter ID Law Delayed for Up to 60-120 Days
See here.
“Fed decision due for SC’s new voter photo ID law”
AP reports.
“Limited, Cumulative Evidence: Divining Justice Department Positions on Alternative Electoral Schemes”
Steven Mulroy has posted this draft on SSRN (National Civic Review). Here is the abstract:
The Department of Justice has never explicitly stated a policy regarding the appropriateness of alternative, non-district electoral systems, such as limited voting, cumulative voting, or… Continue reading
“The State of Texas’ pre-clearance submission to DOJ on Voter ID”
Here. Is TX under Obama DOJ = Georgia under Bush DOJ? Is Texas voter id law = Georgia voter id law?
And If I Do Say So Myself Dept.
Florida SOS Kurt Browning has written Changes Improve Florida Elections. I find the following paragraph to be particularly disingenuous:
I have no reason to believe that the court’s review will be more or less favorable than the U.S. Justice… Continue reading
“Justice Department walks a line on political redistricting”
The LA Times offers this important report, with the subhead: “It’s the first Democratic administration to oversee the process under the Voting Rights Act, which concerns areas where racism once interfered with elections. The political ramifications could be significant.”
“DOJ okays pieces of controversial elections law”
The uncontroversial pieces, that is, of the Fla election law.
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.