June 27, 2013

Six States Already Moving Forward With Voting Restrictions After Supreme Court Decision

Six States Already Moving Forward With Voting Restrictions After Supreme Court Decision: Less than 48 hours after the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, six of the nine states that had been covered in their entirety under the law’s “preclearance” formula have already taken steps toward restricting voting. In a 5-4 decision, the Court’s five conservative justices ruled Tuesday that [...]/p