See Quiet Revolution in the South, The Impact of the Voting Rights Act,
1965-1990, Chandler Davidson and Bernard Grofman, eds. (Princeton Univ.
Press, 1994).  That study was funded in part by National Science Foundation
grants so the underlying data of that study is publicly available.

Neil Bradley
ACLU

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[mailto:owner-election-law_gl@majordomo.lls.edu]On Behalf Of Tim R. Sass
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:08 AM
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Subject: Database on VRA Decisions?


I have a doctoral student working on a project analyzing the effect of
local election structures (number of seats, at-large vs. district
elections, etc.) on local decisionmaking (expenditures, employment).  We
would like to identify those electoral changes that resulted from (or were
stopped by) DOJ action under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act as well as
changes that may have been brought about by private litigation.

Does anyone know if there is a database that tracks Voting Rights Act
decisions and/or DOJ pre-clearance decisions in a systematic way?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Tim

Tim R. Sass
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