Perhaps one of the most recent and most public examples of this is the
Georgia state senate plan that the court approved (with no DOJ opposition)
in April, 2002, after holding that the earlier proposed plan (which was
later upheld by the Supreme Court) violated Sec. 5.  These files will be in
the public files for the Ashcroft case.  In essence, the state took the
illustrative districts the DOJ had submitted into evidence to demonstrate
that the retrogression was unnecessary, and put them (with minor
modifications) into their new plan, and then made changes to the surrounding
districts as necessary.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-election-law_gl@majordomo.lls.edu
[mailto:owner-election-law_gl@majordomo.lls.edu] On Behalf Of Peter
Goldwasser
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 1:57 PM
To: Rick Hasen
Cc: election-law
Subject: Re: news of the day 6/20/05

Hi,
I think there were some section 5 VRA posts a little while ago, but I 
was wondering if anybody knew of a good place to to look  for examples 
of the types of settlements-new election plans- that have come out of 
section 5 preclearance being denied and communities working out new 
plans to satisfy VRA.

Thanks,
Peter Goldwasser
Legal Intern
FairVote

Rick Hasen wrote:

      "Tied Up in Knots"

See this editorial 

<http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0619sun1-19.html

from the /Arizona Republic/ on state voter i.d. rules.


      "The Reform that Isn't"

Harold Myerson writes this article 
<http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=9881> for /The American 
Prospect/, with the subhead: "Chutzpah Department: Invoking 
McCain-Feingold, House and Senate Republicans want to put progressive 
527s out of business."


      "Dems stiffed counties on costs of recall election"

See this column 

<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/20/BAG4LDB4GM1.DTL

by Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross in the /San Francisco Chronicle/.


      Bauer Responds to Toner oped

See here <http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/articles/20050620.cfm>.


      "Iowa Governor Will Give Felons the Right to Vote"

The /New York Times/ offers this report 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/18/national/18iowa.html>. See also 
this report 

<http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050618/NEWS10/506180
330/1001/NEWS> 

from the /Des Moines Register/.

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