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Voting
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Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
CRL&P Daily Reads: Dec. 1. 2013
Kansas City Star editorial says electoral reforms should focus on making voting easier for eligible voters; and, The New Republic explains how this might be accomplished. Guardian columnist explores some…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Female Voters Made the Difference in Defeat of Albuquerque 20-Week Abortion Ban
MSNBC: Female voters defeated Albuquerque abortion ban, by Irin Carmon:Earlier this week, voters in Albuquerque voted down a city-wide measure that would have banned abortion after 20 weeks, by a ten-point…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
CRL&P Daily Reads: Nov. 23, 2013
NSA actually sought to expand surveillance program. Montgomery Advertiser calls for more ballot access for minor party candidates; PolitiFact calls North Carolina governor's claim that Democrats 'agree' with voter ID…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Early Voting: What Works
The title of this post comes from this report released last month by the Brennan Center for Justice calling for an extension of early voting. Here is the abstract: The…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Race or Party? How Courts Should Think About Republican Efforts to Make it Harder to Vote in North Carolina and Elsewhere
The title of this post come from Professor Richard Hasen's upcoming article arguing that federal courts ought to use a more exacting analysis of voting laws disproportionately affecting one party's voters.…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Shelby County and the vindication of Martin Luther King’s dream
The title of this post comes from this recent article arguing that the Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v. Holder invalidating sections 4(b) and 5 of the Voting Rights…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Atlantic correspondent Ornstein calls for a constitutional right to vote
CRL&P has noted several arguments for considering the right to vote as protected First Amendment speech. Voting was done publicly until the end of the 19th century, and open voting…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Voter ID and the floundering right to vote
Yesterday, Slate contributor Dalia Lithwick pointed out that available data used to prognosticate the likely outcomes of new voter ID laws is outdated, and that it is no more clear that Democratic…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
A Fugitive from the Camp of the Conquerors: The Revival of Equal Sovereignty Doctrine in Shelby County v. Holder
The title of this post comes from this intreguing new article contending that debates over voting rights have centered around two competing narratives. Here is the abstract: Narratives of conquest…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Felon disenfranchisement, political power, and the First Amendment right to vote
Recently, The Atlantic published this piece on the very real impact of felon disenfranchisement and mass incarceration in the United States. This worthwhile read begins: The 14th Amendment, when combined…