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"...Bye Bye Bye: Texas' sweeping voting restrictions bill, Senate Bill 1, is set to go..."

"...US Justice Department finding that the law violates the Voting Rights Act. It created a limited number of state-issued..."

"...Democratic stronghold, with only 6,700 ballots cast in early voting by Jan. 21, it seems unlikely any one candidate..."

"...charged with reviewing the maps for compliance with the Voting Rights Act reject them, all those election plans could..."

"...its two-thirds rule are potential violations of the federal Voting Rights Act (as well as the Bill of Rights)..."

"...nor a whimper, but the faint ding-ding of the voting bell and the murmuring conversations on the floor of..."

"...Voter ID in Texas violates the Voting Rights Act, and the state must develop new rules..."

"...deficit will finally implode this session, due to three factors: 1) the ongoing national economic recession, 2) dogmatic resistance..."

"...able to see the justices (the court is not exactly audience-friendly, and prestige pews were reserved and heavily guarded..."

"...effect." – December 2003 staff memo of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, concluding that the..."

"...only Houstonian Martha Wong courted the speaker's wrath by voting with the Democrats...."

"...month. The suit alleges that the BS/EACD violated the Voting Rights Act by failing to provide a sufficient number..."

"...the commission's mapping expert, attorney George Korbel, who was subcontracted through the ICRC's general counsel, renowned civil rights lawyer..."

"...be willing to mount a political drama requiring 17 actors and running nearly three hours? Was there even a..."

"...party Tuesday night was over before it began. In fact, the former assistant attorney general didn't even have a..."

"...Senators are hell bent on turning back the abortion rights clock, they should have to suffer a few anachronisms..."

"...will simply end up in court for violating minority rights under the Voting Rights Act. Dukes said SB 4..."

"...2003 – except this time, the congressional redistricting will actually occur after the decennial census (when it is supposed..."

"...of the state's U.S. House seats. This despite the fact that registered D's outnumber R's in Pennsylvania by nearly..."

"...sanctions on the minority Democrats. The suit alleges both actions violate the federal Voting Rights Act. Kazen referred the..."

"...mic to denounce the bill, calling it devastating to rights of minority and rural Texans; an unjustified GOP "power..."

"...overseeing President Johnson's Great Society programs and the civil rights mandates...."

"..."dummymander" – highly engineered lines that no longer match facts on the ground as populations shift across them. Despite..."

"...on asking voters for a tax rate increase, instead voting to cover a projected $33 million shortfall out of..."

"...write to say that I disagree with Marc Savlov's reaction to The Passion of the Christ. In fact, let's..."

"...the Department of Justice for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act. Democrats on Sunday night filed a court..."

"...one of them. The exterminator from Sugar Land, de facto leader of the House Republicans, brought his Democrats-Must-Die act..."

"...work, home, chores, friends, family – only to be distracted hourly by the looming disaster burgeoning from D.C., with..."

"...are faced with the task of reconfiguring their respective voting regions with a delicate touch that, in close political..."

"...found Texas in violation of the National Voter Registration Act's motor voter law, Federal Judge Orlando Garcia has ordered..."