[EL] VRA Query

[David Ely]

North Carolina has pretty reliable race data. Looking at the history of the election “reforms” implemented after Shelby County decision gives a good idea of how the data can be abused (by the legislature) as well as how it can be properly used ( by plaintiffs challenging the changes and courts evaluating them).

 

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And most of that data is near-useless. Back in 2001 I was part of a team that looked at Florida voter roll data on race. Florida, as I believe is the case in most such states, does not require the voter to report his/her race, but it does require the county official to record the voter's race. So the data used to be filled in by the county official receiving the form. Now that most forms are received by mail, the county official was still required to fill in the race. So you can imagine how bad the accuracy of the data is. It was much more accurate to extrapolate from CVAP, despite all the issues involved there too.

- Douglas Johnson

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On Aug 17, 2016, at 7:32 AM, John Tanner <john.k.tanner at gmail.com> wrote:

It does not

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On Aug 17, 2016, at 12:43 AM, Lowenstein, Daniel <lowenstein at law.ucla.edu> wrote:

            A friend at UCLA has asked me to inquire whether the Voting Rights Act says anything, whether generally or for jurisdictions covered by Section 5, on the legality of a state’s noting the race or ethnicity of voters on the voter rolls.

 

            Responses can be on the listserv or to me personally.  Either way, I will pass them on.  Thanks.

 

                      Best,

 

                 Daniel Lowenstein

                 Director, UCLA Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions (CLAFI)

                 Emeritus Professor, UCLA Law School

                 818-781-3022

                 lowenstein at law.ucla.edu 

 

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