| Subject: VRA update |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 7/19/2006, 1:24 PM |
| To: election-law |
So states this press release from the ACLU. I don't know if that means no amendments at all. But if it does, and the full Senate approves the measure with no amendments, the House and Senate should be able to avoid a conference.
This result is very interesting. I'm still trying to learn what happened to the concerns raised by some senators on the committee about renewal.
I expect a race to the courthouse among plaintiffs to challenge
section 5 (and possibly section 203) after President Bush signs the
renewed VRA into law.
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