[EL] my blogpost reacting to Brnovich

[Lorraine Minnite]

What 'democratic structures,' then, were just upheld if canceling an
election to prevent non-existent fraud is not prohibited by the Voting
Rights Act?

On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 1:19 PM Ilya Shapiro <IShapiro at cato.org> wrote:

> Canceling an election is not a VRA Section 2 violation, no.
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> On Jul 1, 2021, at 1:18 PM, Lorraine Minnite <lminnite at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have a question about the bizarre notion that a merely asserted fear is
> the same as a reasoned analysis in justifying state action restricting the
> ability of any voters to exercise their right to vote.  For argument's
> sake, let's take an extreme example.  Would *Brnovich* allow a state to
> assert a fear of fraud as the reason why it cancels an election?  For, of
> course, the most certain means of eliminating any chance of fraud would be
> to cancel an election altogether (no voting = no voting fraud).
>
> A great day, indeed.
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> On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 12:51 PM Ilya Shapiro <IShapiro at cato.org> wrote:
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>> Together with the donor privacy case, a great day for democratic
>> structures and individual liberty:
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>> https://www.cato.org/blog/supreme-court-gives-good-guidance-voting-rights
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