Subject: correction regarding my post on Bauer and Georgia v. Aschroft
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 6/17/2006, 12:19 PM
To: election-law

Yesterday, in my post on Bob Bauer and the Georgia v. Ashcroft standard (post here: http://electionlawblog.org/archives/005929.html), I misquoted the last portion of applicable language of the VRA renewal bill that would "fix" Georgia v. Ashcroft.  Here is the language:
"Any voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard practice or procedure with respect to voting that has the purpose of or will have the effect of diminishing the ability of any citizens of the United States on account of race or color, or in contravention of the guarantees set forth in section 4(f)(2), to elect their preferred candidates of choice denies or abridges the right to vote within the meaning of subsection (a) of this section."

You can find the entire bill here:
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/Senate%20VRA.pdf

Rick


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