[EL] North Carolina/voting rights

[Rick Hasen]

    "Will the GOP's North Carolina End Run Backfire?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53385>

Posted on July 24, 2013 10:28 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53385> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I've just written this piece for /The Daily Beast/ about proposed tough 
new voting legislation in North Carolina.  It begins:

    Anyone wondering about the importance of the Supreme Court's recent
    ruling <http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-96_6k47.pdf>
    hobbling
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/opinion/the-chief-justices-long-game.html?_r=0>
    a key part of the Voting Rights Act needs look no further than North
    Carolina, whose Republican legislature is poised to enact
    <http://www.thenation.com/blog/175395/north-carolina-republicans-push-extreme-voter-suppression-measures#axzz2Zu4sis6p>
    one of the strictest voting laws
    <http://www.wral.com/elections-changes-advance-in-senate/12693772/>
    in the Nation, one which will make it harder to register and vote,
    likely hurting minority voters most. North Carolina is making it
    harder to vote now because it can, but recent experience in Florida
    and elsewhere shows it is a decision North Carolina Republicans may
    come to regret.

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    "Pew: SCOTUS Popularity Plummets Among Blacks Following VRA
    Decision" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53382>

Posted on July 24, 2013 9:16 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53382> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM reports 
<http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/pew-scotus-popularity-plummets-among-blacks-following-vra>.

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    "What's the Matter With North Carolina?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53379>

Posted on July 24, 2013 9:01 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53379> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Dahlia Lithwick writes 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/07/north_carolina_s_voter_id_law_is_the_worst_in_the_country.html>for 
Slate.

My own piece about North Carolina will be posting soon.

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