“N.M. was affected by Voting Rights Act”
One of the few articles I’ve seen recently discussing the section 3 “bail-in” mechanism. This piece discusses New Mexico’s experience with preclearance.
Monthly Archives: June 2013
“Don’t forget the Census Bureau’s prison miscount when fixing Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act”
Some intriguing maps at Prisoners of the Census, comparing jurisdictions with less than 50% turnout in 2012 to jurisdictions with incarcerated populations.
“Reading Congressional Tea Leaves from the 2006 Renewal of the Voting Rights Act”
Sarah Binder digs into the voting patterns on the 2006 VRA renewal process to forecast Congressional action going forward.
And The Post’s The Fix discusses the difficult political road for Obama.
Rep. Sensenbrenner On VRA: “Threat Of Discrimination Still Exists”
TPM has the quote: “. . . Section 5 of the Act was a bipartisan effort to rectify past injustices and ensure minorities’ ability to participate in elections, but the threat of discrimination still exists. I am disappointed by… Continue reading
Shelby County v. DOMA, Part II
The money quote of this piece: ” Framing an issue—any issue—in terms of states’ rights obscures the fact that a bedrock purpose of any decent political system is to protect the rights of individuals, and to soften the sharp… Continue reading
“Conservative Constitutional Hypocrisy”
Eric Schnurer’s piece on originalism and Shelby County begins:
Most reaction to this week’s Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act will center on whether the court was right that the law (or at least its Section 5)… Continue reading
Even more reactions to Shelby County
Speaking of data
Adam Ambrogi at the Democracy Fund posts here about a post-election audit by the Philadelphia City Controller’s office.
I haven’t had the chance to read the report yet, but I gather that it’s not the sort of audit to check … Continue reading
EAC Going Out of Business Sale?
In my mind, Exhibits A and B for keeping (and strengthening) the federal Election Assistance Commission arrived this morning.
Draft data from the 2012 Election Administration and Voting Survey — our best national source of data to date about the… Continue reading
TIGTA response to Rep. Levin about scope of IRS exempt organization audit
The webs are on fire this morning with news of the TIGTA response to this Levin letter. And (from an entirely unscientific sample) the vast majority of them have headlines along the lines of the one in The Hill:… Continue reading
Center for Competitive Politics on Werfel’s IRS report and the “Path 2” forward
Joe Trotter blogs here, with a letter to Werfel here, focusing largely on the “Path 2” suggestion for resolving the applications for tax-exemptions of organizations held up in screening as “potential political cases.”
An underrecognized bureaucratic hurdle to get photo ID
It’s an anecdote involving a renegade DMV clerk, yes. But it happened. And now you can add “Pap smear” to the list of prerequisites.
Al Jazeera’s take on the last three days of the term
The program includes Shelby County. Guests include Spencer Overton and Doug Spencer.
“How to protect minority votes after the Voting Rights decision”
Krist Novoselic connects the world beyond Shelby County to the world beyond single-member plurality districts.