In arguments in a voting rights case, the new justice said history must inform constitutional interpretation, making a liberal case for an idea often associated with conservatives.
Tag: Voting Rights, Registration and Requirements
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Groups Plan Voter Outreach for Montana Tribes After Court Lifts Restrictions
The voting laws had eliminated same-day registration, banned paid third-party ballot collection and made it harder to vote with a student ID.
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Election Workers Face an Obstacle Course to Reach the Midterms
Officials coordinating the November vote vow to be ready. But lawsuits, demands for voting records and unbending believers that elections are rigged are making it harder.
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Supreme Court Leans Toward Alabama in Voting Rights Dispute
But several members of the court’s conservative majority rejected the state’s most aggressive arguments in defense of its congressional voting map.
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Secretary of State Races Turn Rowdy During the Homestretch
Democrats are outspending Republicans in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota and Nevada, where they see their opponents as threats to democracy.