30

Jul

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race Rules

One Year After Shelby, Growing Focus Toward Local Elections

By Editor

Since the Supreme Court invalidated the Department of Justices’ authority to enforce the preclearance requirements of section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, voting rights organizations including the NAACP Legal…

21

Jul

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigationfeatured

Video: Senate Committee Ponders Life After Shelby and the VRAA

By Editor

July 21, 2014 Lately, the voting rights world has made the sharp distinction between voting rights before the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby v. Holder dismantling section 5 of the…

28

Jan

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation

Is the Proposed Voting Rights Act Amendment Constitutionally Defective?

By Editor

The recently proposed Voting Rights Act Amendment (VRAA) embodies the ambitious purpose of not only reanimating federal preclearance provisions invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court this past summer, but it…

23

Jan

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation, Uncategorized

Congress Makes First Attempt at Voting Rights Act Amendment

By Editor

Photo: David Sachs Last week U.S. Rep Jim Sensenbrenner   introduced the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 (VRAA); a bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in an…

16

Oct

Redistricting, Redistricting LitigationNorth Carolina

Voting Rights and Campaign Finance Intersect in NC Lawsuit

By Editor

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the NC Legislature's redistricting map have requested for a second time that one of three judges on the panel hearing the case recuse himself. That…

25

Sep

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race RulesTexas

Why A San Antonio Court Will Consider Preclearance for Texas

By Editor

The Texas legislature seemed to be moving on from the fight over its 2011 redistricting maps. The Supreme Court mooted the case against its maps in Shelby v. Holder by…

27

Aug

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race Rulesat-large voting, California, CVRA

California Plaintiffs find Easier Litigation Route with State Voting Rights Act

By Editor

Minority plaintiffs seeking redress in the courts to combat various forms of minority vote dilution generally had only sections 2 and 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act to make…

10

Aug

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race Rulessymposium

Persily and Mann Review First Post Shelby Dialogue Among Voting Rights Scholars

By Editor

On July 1st, thought leaders in the world of voting rights gathered together at a symposium titled “Voting Rights after Shelby County v. Holder.” Participants included both scholars and practitioners…

06

Aug

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race Rules, UncategorizedDOJ, local

Justice Dept. Forced to “Drop the Ball” in Some Local Election Controversies

By Editor

Before June 25, the Justice Dept. had many balls in the air as it negotiated hundreds of preclearance submissions from local jurisdictions covered under section 5 of the Voting Rights…