Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Eric Holder’s 2014 Racial Politics: The Attorney General tries to reverse a Supreme Court ruling by the back door.”
“Fork In The Road: Kansas To Implement Two-Track Voter List?”
“Voter ID Proponents Muddy the Waters With Misleading Georgia and North Carolina Turnout Numbers”
Rob Richie:
The Civitas Institute, a North Carolina group founded by the controversial Art Pope, which had great influence in designing the law and has long pushed for strict voter ID requirements, has been highly critical of the… Continue reading
5th Circuit, Over Dissent, Rejects Challenge to Texas Voter Registration Rules
You can find the opinion reversing the granting of a preliminary injunction in Voting for America v. Steen at this link.
Judge Edith Jones wrote the majority opinion. Judge Jones has been involved in controversy over alleged racist remarks… Continue reading
2013 American Values Public Lecture: “North Carolina’s New Front in The Voting Wars”
I’m happy to announce that I will be giving this lecture on October 24 at 7 PM at North Carolina State University.
“Eric Holder’s Big Voting-Rights Gamble”
Abby Rapoport writes for TAP.
Voting Rights Act Event at Cal. State Northridge Oct. 15
I’m looking forward to being on a panel with Kareem Crayton, Jane Junn, and Derek Muller at CSUN on October 15 at 5 pm.
View the flyer.
“Hard Fight Seen for DOJ Against N.C. Voting Restrictions”
“NC Republicans vow to fight US DOJ over voter laws”
“The Dishonesty of Voter ID Laws”
More North Carolina/DOJ Voting Rights Coverage
Ari Berman on DOJ Suit Against North Carolina
Here.
Read DOJ’s Complaint Against North Carolina
Here.