Congress Putting Teeth Back in Voting Rights Act

New Section 4 would put Texas back under preclearance

"...Last Summer, the US Supreme Court defanged the Voting Rights Act by striking down Section 4, the clauses..."

Jan. 16, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

SCOTUS Guts Voting Rights Act

Roberts court rules that VRA so successful, no longer necessary

"...U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act – which determines state coverage -- is..."

June 25, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Biden Joins Fight to Revive Voting Rights Act

Bill would require Texas to get federal clearance

"...to pass a bipartisan measure that would rebuild the Voting Rights Act, and once again require Texas to get..."

Jan. 24, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SCOTUS Punts on Fisher vs. UT, Lifts Part of Voting Rights Act

Two major rulings from the Supreme Court

"...and boiled with the abortion debate, lawmakers and civil rights activists occasionally looked up to absorb the impact of..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Voting Rights Act Goes to Court

September hearing set in San Antonio

"...maps for the House, Senate, and Congress violate the Voting Rights Act by diminishing the ability of minorities to..."

July 15, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Texas Dems Storm the Capitol (Peacefully!) To Demand Voting Rights

O'Rourke, House quorum-breakers rally thousands

"...and waved signs for hours in support of national voting rights and democracy reform bills...."

June 21, 2021 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

Moral March for Democracy Enlists Willie Nelson, Luci Baines Johnson for Voting Rights Rally

27-mile march concludes at Texas State Capitol on Saturday

"...State Capitol tomorrow, July 31, during a rally for voting rights. Both join the Moral March for Democracy event,..."

July 30, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

US Supremes Speak on UT, No Word on Voting Rights

Admissions policy goes back to court, but DOMA, section 5 still out

"...As the abortion rights debate in the Texas legislature grabs headlines, the Supreme..."

June 24, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: About Those Voting Rights

Colorblind ain't the same as blind

"...a "voter ID" law just as the Canyon Creek Voting Rights Act lawsuit reaches the U.S. Supreme Court? Not..."

May 15, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Voting Rights Action

Texas Dems storm the Capitol (peacefully!)

"...as expected, and failed to proceed to debate signature voting rights legislation that promises to dominate national political discourse..."

June 25, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Opinion: We Must Not Turn Back the Clock on Voting Rights

Parties should be competing to win more votes, not working to keep voting down

"...in protest of an extreme anti-voter bill. While this action halted the assault on voting rights temporarily, Gov. Greg..."

June 18, 2021 Column by Tom Lopach

Nancy Pelosi Touts Voting Rights in Eastside Swing

U.S. House speaker stops in Austin to promote new anti-corruption legislation

"...promote campaign finance reform, ethics reform, and expansion of voting rights. It was the third of these that got..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Texas Dems Take the Voting Rights Fight to D.C.

Breaking quorum again, lawmakers leave state to thwart Abbott's restrictive bill

"...their counterparts in the U.S. Senate to pass federal voting protections. They promised not to return to Texas for..."

July 16, 2021 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Voting Rights, Other GOP-Aligned Measures Back in the Crosshairs for Special Session

More red meat as Abbott puts the Lege into overtime

"...public from accused criminals," not the ongoing movement to actually reform Texas' decadent cash-bail system. There's also the Article..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rights and Consequences

The Redistricting trial pits "partisan gerrymandering" against the Voting Rights Act.

"...University on the other side of Marshall. "They know exactly what they're doing," said Sandlin, describing the decision --..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

"Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties"

"Witness" brings the Civil Rights Movement to the Blanton Museum of Art

"...voices were saddened and solemn, lamenting that while the Voting Rights Act of 1965 may be behind us, there..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

D.C. Court Tosses Texas Voting Maps

Court tosses out key redistricting maps

"...is among a handful of states required under the Voting Rights Act to have its redistricting maps cleared by..."

Aug. 28, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Challenge E-Voting

"...recount: 80% of our "votes" are counted in electronic voting boxes. We are told to “trust” the system, as..."

Sept. 2, 2010 Postmarks

For Briscoe Cain's Next Act, Watch This Bill Disappear (Along With Your Right to Vote)

House committee guts SB 7, replaces it with language from other draconian voting restriction bill

"...up protections for partisan poll watchers, and restricts mail-in voting, while SB 7 focuses on early voting hours and..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Why You're Not Voting Today

How gerrymandering took Texas out of Super Tuesday

"...for a March 6 primary. Arguably, it is their protracted discussions about the re-redrawn interim maps, ordered by the..."

March 6, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: On Voting, Endorsements, and Sincerity

It's put up or shut up time at the municipal polls

"...Eric H. Hold­er Jr., the next stage of the anti-Voting Rights Act lawsuit undertaken by the Canyon Creek MUD..."

May 1, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Judge Finds Texas Violated National Voter Registration Act

Motor voter mayhem

"...When it comes to voting laws, Texas can’t seem to keep it legal...."

April 10, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: The Supremes Bail Out

Court ruling lets Voting Rights Act live for another day

"...the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in the Voting Rights Act case initially filed by the Northwest Austin..."

June 26, 2009 News Column by Michael King

David Van Os on Single-Member Districts

Texas attorney on the history of the "gentlemen’s agreement"

"...the Austin at-large system under the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act. We dissected the “gentlemen’s agreement” that reserved..."

Feb. 28, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: MUD in Your Eye

Northwest Austin suburb chal­lenges the Voting Rights Act

"...compliance with the electoral preclearance provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act is just too burdensome for the poor..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Texas Voter ID Law Struck Down

5th Circuit: Senate Bill 14 violates Voting Rights Act

"...bill passed in 2011, violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. That was the ruling issued today of..."

July 20, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

From Georgetown to Austin, a March to Defend Democracy

Barber, O’Rourke hosting 27-mile trek to force action on voting rights

"...Montgomery, but it’s long enough to focus attention and activism on Texas’ proposed “election integrity” laws and the GOP’s..."

July 27, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: MUD Rising

Canyon Creek voting-rights lawsuit goes to the Supremes

"...the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review one Austin-based voting-rights case and rejected another, in a revealing coincidence of..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: 'No Bueno'

Court says the Lege still trampling on voting rights

"...stage confirmed, he has a real knack for saying exactly the wrong thing. The latest example was his response..."

Sept. 7, 2012 News Column by Michael King

DOJ Says No to Texas Maps

Feds reject GOP end run around courts for redistricting

"...passed by the Legislature this year comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965...."

Sept. 19, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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