Asian Americans Advancing Justice
An article describing how the 1965 Voting Rights Act addressed voting discrimination against Asian-Americans, along with a timeline of the impediments to Asian-American voting.
Racial Quotas in Partisan Gerrymandering
The New Attack on Hispanic Voting
The New York Times Magazine
How tactics to suppress minority voting flourished following the 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Shelby.
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Native Americans Move to Frontlines in Battle Over Voting Rights
Reuters
A growing number of Native Americans have become embroiled in court battles over changes to voting laws.
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Section 2 of Zero-Sums: How SCOTUS Misconstrued Voting Rights Act, Limits Minority Representation, and Pits Minorities Against Each Other
Stanford Law Review
The author claims that the U.S. Supreme Court misconstrued the Voting Rights Act, limiting minority representation and dangerously pitting minorities against each other.
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Protecting Voting Rights of American Indians and Alaska Natives: Video
U.S. Department of Justice
Attorney General Eric Holder criticized election practices that adversely affect the ability of American Indian and Alaska Native populations to exercise their right to vote.
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U.S. v. Susan B. Anthony: The Fight for Women’s Suffrage
Federal Judicial Center
In the federal election in November 1872, Susan B. Anthony, a New York advocate of women’s suffrage, registered to vote and then voted. This describes the criminal trial that resulted.
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Drawing the Line: How Redistricting Turned America from Blue to Red
The New Yorker
This New Yorker article examines the history of gerrymandering and David Daley’s book Ratf*cked, which examines the legacy of the Redmap initiative.
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Politicization of Voting Laws: The Impact of Voter IDs and Other Restrictions
Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review
This article suggests that although the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Shelby decreased the level of scrutiny amendments to election laws receive in many states, this decision was neither the first nor the only factor that has contributed to continued voter disenfranchisement.
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Jim Crow in New York
Brennan Center for Justice
This article focuses on the historical disenfranchisement of African-Americans in New York.
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