[EL] DOJ Preclearance Denials under the Reauthorized VRA

[John Tanner]

there are many others  see
http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/sec_5/obj_activ.php

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 3:41 PM, nathaniel persily <nate at persily.com> wrote:

> I have been trying to gather together the preclearance denials issued from
> DOJ since the VRA has been reauthorized.  I have come up with the following:
>
> 1.      Kinston, North Carolina, Move to Nonpartisan Elections (August 17,
> 2009)
> 2.      Lowndes, Georgia, Redistricting Plan (November 30, 2009)
> 3.      Fairfield County, South Carolina, Addition of Appointed Positions
> to Elected School Board of Trustees (August 16, 2010)
> 4.      Galveston, Texas, Switch to Combined Districted and Partially
> At-Large Elections (October 3, 2011)
> 5.      East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, Redistricting Plan (October 3,
> 2011)
> 6.      Amite County, Mississippi, Redistricting Plan (October 4, 2011)
> 7.      South Carolina Voter Identification Law (December 23, 2011)
> [8.     Texas Redistricting Plans (Brief Filed in D.D.C. on January 13,
> 2012) -- not really a preclearance denial, I know]
>
> Of course, this does not include more information requests and other
> actions the Department might be taking.  But am I missing any denials of
> which listmembers are aware?  (I am not trying to invite a discussion of
> the rightness or wrongness of DOJ behavior; I'm just trying to make sure
> the list is accurate.)
>
>
>
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