Brian is off today, leading a training. Every voter should know and understand the basics of the Shelby County decision changed American Democracy, and not for the better. The current conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court unleashed anti-voter and racist state legislatures kept in check for decades by “pre-clearance” requirements to once again push the limits of voter suppression.
Today’s Links
Articles & Resources:
U.S. Justice Department – About Section 5 Of The Voting Rights Act
U.S. Justice Department – List of States, Counties & Cities Subject to Pre-Clearance as of 2013
U.S. Justice Department – The Shelby County Decision
NAACP Legal Defense Fund – HOW SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER BROKE DEMOCRACY
Democracy Docket – The Voting Rights Act: How We Got Here
Brennan Center for Justice – Shelby County v. Holder
Center for Public Integrity – ‘What the court misunderstood is just how fragile our democracy is’
Groups Taking Action:
NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Campaign Legal Center, MALDEF, Native American Rights Fund, Asian American Pacific Islanders Vote, ACLU Alabama
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