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The Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's previous decision and held that the Voting Rights Act (VRA) does abrogate sovereign immunity. CLC previously submitted a friend of the court brief arguing that protections of the Voting Rights Act override state sovereignty in order to protect voters and hold state officials accountable for racially discriminatory election laws. The Eleventh Circuit's decision was a victory for CLC in protecting voters against racially discriminatory election laws.
Judge Ramos found that there was sufficient evidence to sustain a conclusion that the Texas voter ID bill was passed with discriminatory purpose.
The Supreme Court issued a decision in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, a case about political apparel in polling places.
On January 10, 2018, the Supreme Court decided that Ohio was legally permitted to purge its voters from the rolls.
On March 17, 2018, a U.S. District Court ruled that the Sumter County Board of Education under the Board of Elections and Registration is in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
On December 26, 2017, a federal court denied Alabama’s motion to dismiss CLC's lawsuit. The federal court denied the motion to dismiss on many of our claims, and the case will continue to proceed in federal court toward a trial.
A federal court in Texas permanently blocked Texas latest version of its voter photo ID law, SB 5. Campaign Legal Center represents Texas voters in its challenge to the law in the case Veasey v. Abbott. Judge Ramos of the Southern District of Texas said Texas’s latest voter photo ID law, SB 5, keeps the same limited forms of photo ID required under SB 14 and therefore carries forward the same “discriminatory features” of the original SB 14 voter photo ID law.
A federal court in Texas permanently blocked Texas latest version of its voter photo ID law, SB 5. Campaign Legal Center represents Texas voters in its challenge to the law in the case Veasey v. Abbott. Judge Ramos of the Southern District of Texas said Texas’s latest voter photo ID law, SB 5, keeps the same limited forms of photo ID required under SB 14 and therefore carries forward the same “discriminatory features” of the original SB 14 voter photo ID law.
Court grants plaintiffs’ motion to shorten the time on the preliminary injunction motion and requires defendants disclose to counsel for plaintiffs a list of all voter applications previously purged or denied based on convictions for the past two years on or before July 21, 2017, or show cause on or before July 13, 2017, why they should not be required to do so.
Judge Ramos found that there was sufficient evidence to sustain a conclusion that the Texas voter ID bill was passed with discriminatory purpose.
The Department of Justice, lead by Jeff Sessions, had their motion to dismiss accepted by the District Court in the Texas voter ID case.
A full panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled in a 9 – 6 decision that Texas’ discriminatory voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act and cannot be enforced in the upcoming presidential election.
The Campaign Legal Center represents plaintiffs Congressman Marc Veasey, LULAC and a group of Texas voters challenging Texas voter ID in Veasey v. Abbott.