“Was 2012 The Worst Year Ever for Voting Rights?”
The Daily Beast reports.
Very good piece but terrible headline. Think of any year before 1965’s enactment of the Voting Rights Act, for example.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
A Few Quick Thoughts on DOJ’s Suit Against Texas on Voter ID and Moves on Redistricting
As I explained in this National Law Journal piece from a few weeks ago, AG Holder is trying whatever he can to make up for the loss of the preclearance provisions of Section 5.
But thanks to the Supreme Court’s… Continue reading
Pasquotank County, NC Appeal
In my recent Slate article, I wrote:
Forty of North Carolina’s counties were covered by the preclearance requirement before Shelby County, and a draconian law like this would never have made it past the Justice Department. Nor would a… Continue reading
“NC State Elections Chairman Calls for Respect”
AP:
County election board members must work as colleagues and not political rivals, the new Republican chairman of the State Board of Elections said Wednesday as recent local board dust-ups have led to allegations of partisanship and voter suppression.
Josh… Continue reading
“Voter ID Debate Heats Up as Dallas County Joins Fight”
Texas Tribune: “A fight against the state’s contentious voter ID laws escalated this week when Dallas County became the first Texas county to claim that the requirements would disenfranchise thousands of eligible voters.”
“Accepting Scalia’s Offer, Arizona Sues Obama Administration On Voting Rights”
TPM: “Arizona and Kansas have taken Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s suggestion and sued the Obama administration in a continuing effort by both states to require proof of citizenship in order to register to vote.”
This is an outgrowth of… Continue reading
“North Carolina Republicans Escalate Attacks on Student Voting”
Ari Berman reports for The Nation.
WSJ’s Taranto Attacks My Slate Piece on North Carolina
Here (on my Slate piece).
I’ll let others judge for themselves the soundness of his criticism. I’ll just point out then when he says “The Texas redistricting case hasn’t been decided yet…” he’s confused about my reference. It was… Continue reading
“Abbott: MALC Attorney’s Actions ‘Unethical'”
Texas Tribune: “Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Monday called a lawyer for the Mexican American Legislative Caucus unethical for his suggestion that people in the Rio Grande Valley attempt to vote without a photo ID.”
And an update… Continue reading
“Republican Vote Suppression Hitches Ride on Detroit’s Woes”
Frank Wilkinson for Bloomberg View.
“Voter Fraud Data in the Carolinas”
“Democrats Push Back on Voting Rights”
Reid Wilson (!) for WaPo: “After crying foul over Republican efforts to modify election laws in key states, Democrats are launching their own wide-ranging push to change the way Americans vote, kicking off the latest battles in a fight… Continue reading
“Supreme Error: North Carolina’s new voter suppression law shows why the Voting Rights Act is still necessary.”
I have written this Jurisprudence essay for Slate. It begins:
Usually it takes years to judge when the Supreme Court gets something very wrong. Think of Justice Kennedy’s opinion for the court in the 2010 campaign-finance case, Citizens United, freeing… Continue reading
“Modern Vote Suppression Better Than Jim Crow, Still Pretty Bad”
Jonathan Chiat writes for New York.