“Appeal could erase stigma.”

And cities and towns join  the anti-ID offensive.

A Super Bowl advertisement discussed at the Bigs.

The Department of Justice has withdrawn a Section 5 objection in the Town of North (SC).  The objection was interposed in 2003.  The objection was cited in the legislative history of the 2006 reauthorization to support the legislation.

Ronald Reagan’s unreflected life.

The House Adminstration Committee will be holding a hearing on implementation of the MOVE Act on February 15, 2011 at 10:30 a.m.

Here.   I have heard from people familar with the arguments that the United States took positions at odds with positions in the arguments in the Kinston case regarding the standard of review and the availability of bailouts.  Stay tuned for more information on that issue.

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“WHEN Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) into law, South Carolina’s first congressional district was represented by Mendel Rivers, an ardent segregationist. Its congressman today is Tim Scott, a black Republican, who in the Republican primary defeated the son of Strom Thurmond, a longtime senator from South Carolina who also supported segregation. South Carolina’s governor is Nikki Haley, born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa to Indian Sikh parents.”  Full story at link above.

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Thanks to everyone who attended my talk today at the law school at William and Mary.  It was a pleasure to be there.  I had a great question afterwards regarding how to conduct discovery in a Voting Rights case, namely how to collect information about the community like I discussed today.  I wish I had the opportunity to address the question to everyone in attendance, but it is important to note that in voting cases, discovery will not be as useful as going to the community and just spending time there and investigating a case.  In other words, boots on the ground yields facts more than discovery will. 

I enjoyed visiting the campus and appreciate the William and Mary Election Law Society for putting it all together.  Students at William and Mary are lucky to have a group like that and so many educational options regarding learning about election law.