[“Now that Section 5 is essentially gone, it is time for the attack on Section 2,” Hasen added. Section 2 bars racial discrimination in voting. It’s currently being used by the Justice Department to challenge Texas’ voter ID law and North Carolina’s sweeping and restrictive voting law. It’s also being used by civil rights groups to challenge Wisconsin’s voter ID law. In a proposed 2015 budget submitted to Congress this week, the Justice Department said it would “place major emphasis going forward on affirmative enforcement of Section 2 of the VRA”—a sign of the provision’s crucial role in stopping race bias in voting, now that Section 5 is no longer in force.] [Section 5 freezes election practices or procedures in certain states until the new procedures have been subjected to review, either after an administrative review by the United States Attorney General, or after a lawsuit before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. ]
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:57:18 +0000
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