“First GOP Debate To Take Place In A State Where Access To Voting Rights Is Getting Worse”
Alice Ollstein writes for Think Progress.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Congress Has the Power to Improve Elections”
I have written this contribution for the New York Times Room for Debate forum on the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. A snippet:
When a state rolls back conveniences for voters and makes it more burdensome to register… Continue reading
“Scott Walker, GOP lawmakers want to change elections board by 2016”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans who control the Legislature plan to restructure the agency that runs elections by the fall of 2016, when Walker hopes to top the ballot as a candidate for president.
GOP lawmakers also plan… Continue reading
“Slim turnout expected in next month’s NC primaries”
Charlotte Observer:
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Sunday’s New York Times Magazine made North Carolina the focus for a sweeping cover story on the 1965 law and the struggle both to create it and… Continue reading
“Coalition urges Christie to sign N.J. voting overhaul”
Charles Koch on Voter ID and His Supposed Lack of Support for ALEC’s Role in Promoting Such Laws
In this interview with Matea Gold (on Koch’s friendship and partnership with Michael Lomax of the United Negro College Fund):
The two do not see to eye to eye on many issues, including when it comes to voter identification laws.… Continue reading
“Does a voting-rights case threaten experimentation?”
Michael McGough in the LA Times on the non-retrogression question lurking in the North Carolina voting rights case.
“John Roberts has been trying to gut the Voting Rights Act for decades”
Scott Lemieux at The Week.
“Ruth: Vote, then pray your ballot is counted”
Daniel Ruth in the Tampa Bay Times on FL SOS Ken Detzner:
Ken Detzner has other things to do, like protecting the state seal to make sure it doesn’t get lost, fall into a mayo jar, or wind up on… Continue reading
“Former news anchor joins race for Missouri secretary of state”
KMBC: “Robin Smith, a longtime television news anchor in St. Louis, announced Sunday that she will run for the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office….Republican candidate Jay Ashcroft said he thinks Smith will follow in the footsteps of Democratic secretaries… Continue reading
“Historic federal trial on voting rights ends; judge to issue decision later this year”
Winston-Salem Journal:
Thomas Farr, one of the state’s attorneys, said in closing arguments that the plaintiffs had not presented any evidence that the law is racially discriminatory. He said North Carolina legislators have the authority to enact changes to… Continue reading
“US judge has many questions in NC voting rights case”
“Key Voting Rights Test Now in Federal Judge’s Hands”
Erik Eckholm for the NYT:
During closing arguments Friday, Judge Schroeder,who was appointed by President George W. Bush, peppered the plaintiffs’ lawyers with questions about why the repeal of extra voting opportunities that do not exist in many states would… Continue reading
“Closing arguments in voting rights trial set for today”
Michael Hewlett reports for the Winston-Salem Journal.
Kudos to them for their indispensable coverage of the North Carolina voting rights trial.