11th Circuit, on 2-1 Vote Reverses District Court Order Putting Florida Back Under Federal Voting Supervision Based on Racially Discriminatory Intent; Appeals Court Also Rejects Challenge to Elimination of Ballot Drop Boxes, Most Other Challenged Florida Provisions

Voting Rights Act
You can find the decision authored by Judge William Pryor, and a one-paragraph dissent from Judge Jill Pryor, at this link. (The very short dissent is quite curious.) From the majority opinion: This appeal involves four recently enacted provisions… Continue reading

11th Circuit finds Alabama’s felon disenfranchisement law passes constitutional scrutiny

Constitutional Right to Vote, election law and constitutional law, felon voting, NVRA (motor voter)
From an opinion by Judge Tjoflat, joined by Judge Moody (sitting by designation) in Thompson v. Secretary of State for the State of Alabama (lightly edited): Greater Birmingham Ministries, an Alabamian non-profit organization dedicated to aiding low-income individuals, and several… Continue reading