Polls, punditry, and prognostications regarding the likely outcomes of Election 2016 aside, many formal and informal varieties of voter suppression and restriction may finally be the determining variable.
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From Scotus Blog: FURTHER UPDATE 4:35 p.m. The text of the motion to intervene in the San Antonio redistricting case is here. The legal complaint of the U.S. as intervenor is here. The text of the new lawsuit against the Texas voter ID law is here. ————– The Justice Department…
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U.S. Asks Court to Limit Texas on Ballot Rules The Obama administration on Thursday moved to protect minority voters after last month’s Supreme Court ruling striking down a central part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, with the Justice Department asking a court to require Texas to get permission…
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Moral Mondays protest in North Carolina. Photographer: Eric Etheridge. From The Nation: North Carolina was long regarded as one of the most progressive Southern states—an island of moderation amid a sea of conservatism. But since Republicans took over the state legislature in 2010 and the governorship in 2012—putting the GOP…
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Documemtary by Stefan Sharff The Impossible Louisiana “Literacy” Test Voter ID Suppresses Minority Voters Pre-SCOTUS Ruling State Voter ID Laws 12 Real Voter Suppression Tactics That May Return The Future of Voting Rights (22)
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Marry the Movement from Southerners on New Ground (SONG) on Vimeo. From Southerners on New Ground: The Supreme Court of the United States has issued many opinions affecting the lives of marginalized people across the country this week. We know that here in the South our SONG family will be…
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From ABC/Yahoo: The Supreme Court could say as early as Monday whether it will consider ending the Voting Rights Act’s advance approval requirement that has been held up as a crown jewel of the civil rights era. The justices sidestepped this very issue in a case from Texas in 2009.…
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In the face of a wave of GOP-inspired efforts to enact draconian voter suppression bills in pivotal swing states, Ari Berman reports that the Election Protection coalition plans to recruit 10,000 volunteers to assist at the polls during early voting and on election day in twenty states, particularly in high-turnout…
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