New study refutes Justice Robert's rationale on weakening VRA [View all]
BrennanCenter
In his 2013 decision weakening the VRA, Chief Justice John Roberts said the formula used to determine which jurisdictions needed to gain prior approval before changing voting laws was out of date. But a new study http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=81504&qid=4861768 from California Institute of Technology Prof. Morgan Kousser casts doubt on Roberts’s claim. Kousser examined http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=81505&qid=4861768 thousands of voting rights cases from 1957 to 2013 and found 90 percent occurred in previously covered areas. The research shows the VRA “succeeded in accurately homing in on counties where the vast majority of violations would take place,” Koussar said. http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=81652&qid=4861768
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