Subject: politics and the administration of the Voting Rights Act
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 3/3/2003, 9:24 AM
To: "election-law@majordomo.lls.edu" <election-law@majordomo.lls.edu>
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One of the questions at issue in the Branch v. Smith case (decision expected any time from the Supreme Court) is the extent to which the Justice Department may have adminsitered preclearance provisions of the Voting Rights Act to favor Republicans in the State of Mississippi. Here is a story from the Washington Times alleging the Justice Department has similar partisan motivation in challenging a Pennsylvania jurisdiction's accommodations for Hispanic voters.
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Rick Hasen
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