August 14, 2009

Is the Democratic Party "A Political Subdivision" under Section 5 of the VRA?

This Houston Chronicle story about oral argument over LULAC's "Texas two step" challenge suggests that maybe NAMUDNO is going to cause some rethinking of political party coverage under section 5. Hard to tell from this short discussion.

Posted by Rick Hasen at August 14, 2009 09:41 AM