For decades, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act has blocked attempts to discriminate against minority voters. Tomorrow, SCOTUS will consider declaring it unconstitutional.
Fair elections — and perhaps control of Congress — at stake as SCOTUS hears challenge to VRA
For decades, Section 2 has blocked attempts to discriminate against minority voters. But tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court will consider declaring it unconstitutional.
“I would bet my left arm that they will tell us that Section 2 is in violation of the Fifteenth Amendment.” We breakdown what's at stake.
Follow along tomorrow: we'll be live blogging on our homepage and social channels.
A win for Indiana students
A federal court denied Indiana's request to dismiss a pro-voting lawsuit challenging a ban on the use of student IDs for voting. The court said pro-voting groups have reasonably shown that the law was motivated by unconstitutional intentional age discrimination. (The Elias Law Group (ELG) represents the plaintiffs in the case. ELG Firm Chair Marc Elias is the founder of Democracy Docket.)
California city passes anti-voting measure based on group’s false data
Huntington Beach, California passed an anti-voting resolution using false data from an election conspiracy group to stoke baseless fears about election integrity. The episode underscores how extremist anti-voting groups are making inroads into state and local election administration.
Pennsylvania mail ballots protected
The 3rd Circuit denied the RNC’s request for the full court to rehear a decision that ruled Pennsylvania’s requirement to toss undated or wrongly dated mail-in ballots unconstitutional. Trump loyalist and 3rd Circuit judge Emil Bove disagreed with the decision and indicated he plans to write a dissent.
But speaking of Pennsylvania
Few states hold elections with such national prominence as Pennsylvania — and this year is no exception. With three of the state’s Supreme Court justices up for retention, the GOP could have an opening to control a court that plays a major role in protecting fair elections in the state.
Also coming up tomorrow
The Vermont Supreme Court will hear arguments from a far-right group seeking to revive their challenge to a law allowing noncitizens to vote in certain local elections in Burlington.
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