Story here. The Department of Law announced Friday that it believed Alaska was unconstitutionally required to submit electoral changes to the federal government in a process known as preclearance. Attorney General Michael Geraghty and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell issued a press release accusing the Feds of micromanaging Alaska’s elections.”
“A panel of federal judges on Tuesday said that it would not consider the state’s constitutional challenge to a key section of the Voting Rights Act during oral arguments over Alaska’s latest attempt to redraw legislative districts.
It was not clear from the story why Alaska waited so long in the litigation to raise a constitutional challenge to Section 5.
Alaska Raises Challenge to Section 5 of Voting Rights Act
Story here. The Department of Law announced Friday that it believed Alaska was unconstitutionally required to submit electoral changes to the federal government in a process known as preclearance. Attorney General Michael Geraghty and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell issued a press release accusing the Feds of micromanaging Alaska’s elections.”
“A panel of federal judges on Tuesday said that it would not consider the state’s constitutional challenge to a key section of the Voting Rights Act during oral arguments over Alaska’s latest attempt to redraw legislative districts.
It was not clear from the story why Alaska waited so long in the litigation to raise a constitutional challenge to Section 5.