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Top Redistricting Litigator Talks “Texas” in Latest ELB Podcast

By EditorSep 30, 2015

Electionlawblog's Rick Hasen talks voting rights and redistricting litigation with Nina Perales of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. This podcast series explores the world of election law and its ever evolving policy. (more…)

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NCSL Covers the Evolution of the Voting Rights Act

By EditorSep 28, 2015

Is the Voting Rights still relevant in 2015? How has it changed voting since 1965? How has it been transformed along the way? Is it still an effective shield against state laws that hinder minority voting? (more…)

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Ohio Redistricting Commission Unanimously Approves New Congressional Map with Implications for the Mid-Decade Push

Ohio’s seven-member Redistricting Commission voted unanimously today to approve a new congressional ...
North Carolina Becomes the 3rd State to Enact a Mid-Decade Congressional Map

North Carolina has enacted a mid-decade congressional map that analysts say will shift the state’s d...