American Constitution Society Brief: Will the Supreme Court Endanger Election Reform?

American Constitution Society Brief: Will the Supreme Court Endanger Election Reform?

By EditorFeb 24, 2015
 February 24, 2015 ACS is pleased to distribute “Another Attack on Election Reform: Congressional Redistricting Commissions,” an Issue Brief by Alan B. Morrison, Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest and Public Service Law and Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law School. In 2011, the Supreme Court struck down an attempt by Arizona voters to strengthen the integrity of state government through a public financing scheme for state elections. Now, just four years later, the Court is weighing the constitutionality of Arizona voters’ next attempt at electoral reform. In this issue brief, Morrison argues that the Supreme Court should let stand the…
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Alabama Law Review Symposium: 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act

By EditorFeb 24, 2015
 Tuscaloosa, Alabama - February 27 8:00am -5:00pm The University of Alabama School of Law is pleased to announce the presenters for the Alabama Law Review’s Voting Rights Act Symposium. Join us as the nation’s foremost experts on the Voting Rights Act commemorate the 50th Anniversary of this historic enactment. The symposium is 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 in the Bedsole Moot Court Room (140). Keynote Speaker The Honorable Myron H. Thompson, Senior U.S. District Judge Presenters Jack Bass, author of Taming the Storm Guy-Uriel Charles, Duke University School of Law Kareem Crayton, University of North Carolina School of Law…
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VRA at 50: March 4th at Ohio State Univ. Moritz College of Law

By EditorFeb 24, 2015
Ohio - On March 4, two experts will address the history, legacy, and  future of the Voting Rights Act in events presented by The Ohio State  University’s Moritz College of Law, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio, and the Kirwan Institute. Pam Karlan, deputy assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice Thomas E. Perez, Secrtary of Labor, former Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the U. S. Department of Justice Click here for more info and registration
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Census Bureau Begins 2015 Testing in 2 States

Census Bureau Begins 2015 Testing in 2 States

By EditorFeb 23, 2015
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau will begin the 2015 Census Test in the Savannah, Ga., area on Feb. 23 by allowing residents to register for the upcoming test using its "Notify Me" website. Residents across 20 counties in Georgia and South Carolina will have the opportunity to specify how they would like to be notified to participate in the count beginning on March 23. Traditionally, the Census Bureau has communicated through the mail. However, the "Notify Me" website provides an additional option for people to register their preferred contact information at census.gov/2015 to be notified…
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City of Santa Barbara Bracing for the Inevitable: Losing in Court

City of Santa Barbara Bracing for the Inevitable: Losing in Court

By EditorFeb 18, 2015
The city of Santa Barbara is bracing for the inevitable change to district elections after the at-large voting system for its city council election was challenged under the Voting Rights Act. According to the Santa Barbara Independent, the city has approved $400,000 to hire a notable voting rights attorney, not to win its lawsuit, which is scheduled to go to trial soon, but to prepare a new district map and perhaps negotiate a settlement. City officials point out two cities that lost in similar challenges; Palmdale and Whittier. Like many local jurisdictions around the country, formally homogeneous populations are changing rapidly…
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