“Souls to the Polls” Rejected

The Section 5 fight over early voting in Florida has ended.  Florida will no longer have Sunday voting but will keep the same number of early voting hours.  After a federal court indicated that is a non-discriminatory change, the DOJ quietly precleared the changes that the NAACP spent so much money in a failed effort trying to stop.  Al Sharpton held rallies. Jim Crow was said to have returned.

But the federal court was having none of it.  The court rejected the central argument of the NAACP – souls to the polls.  The court held that Sunday has no special place in Section 5 jurisprudence.  Souls to the polls was not a credible theory under Section 5. 

There is no telling how much money the NAACP spent in donor money on this failed theory.  Too bad they can’t use it for rides and gas and vans and get souls to the polls Monday to Saturday.

“Souls to the Polls” Rejected

The Section 5 fight over early voting in Florida has ended.  Florida will no longer have Sunday voting but will keep the same number of early voting hours.  After a federal court indicated that is a non-discriminatory change, the DOJ quietly precleared the changes that the NAACP spent so much money in a failed effort trying to stop.  Al Sharpton held rallies. Jim Crow was said to have returned.

But the federal court was having none of it.  The court rejected the central argument of the NAACP – souls to the polls.  The court held that Sunday has no special place in Section 5 jurisprudence.  Souls to the polls was not a credible theory under Section 5. 

There is no telling how much money the NAACP spent in donor money on this failed theory.  Too bad they can’t use it for rides and gas and vans and get souls to the polls Monday to Saturday.