Resources
The following links may prove helpful in further Voting Rights Act research. To add resources to this page, please contact votingrights @ umich.edu.
A Google News search of all recent Voting Rights Act news is available
here.
In the U.S. House of Representatives
House Judiciary Committee Hearingss
In the U.S. Senate
May 10, 2006: Modern Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
May 9, 2006: The Continuing Need for Section 5 Pre-Clearance, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
May 5, 2006: An Introduction to the Expiring Provisions of the Voting Rights Act and Legal Issues Relating to Reauthorization, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
April 27, 2006: Renewing the Temporary Provisions of the Voting Rights Act: An Introduction to the Evidence, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
Other 2006 Reports on Voting Rights
Voting Rights Act 1982-2005 Report by the National Commission on the Voting Rights Act
ACLU Report on 293 Voting Rights Cases Brought in 31 States
U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Voting Rights Enforcement and Reauthorization, The Department of Justice's REcord of Enforcing the Temporary Voting Rights Act Provisions
The Voting Rights Act
Click here for the text of Section 2.
Click here for the list of the Senate Factors from the 1982 Senate Report.
Read Full Case Opinions on LexisNexis
Click on LexisNexis Link to read full Voting Rights Act cases and scholarly articles, courtesy of LexisNexis.
Scholarly Resources
CQ Voting and Elections Collection: A wealth of statistical data concerning past U.S. elections
Brennan Center for Justice - Democracy Program: Provides information in hopes of promoting equal access to the political process
The Election Center: An information clearing house designed for government employees in charge of conducting elections
Electiononline: A non-partisan resource on election reform
Election Law @ Moritz: News, analysis concerning current topics in election law
University of Alabama Law – Voting Rights Act Site
Gail A. Partin, Research Guide & Bibliography: Voting Rights (2005)
Government
U.S. Department of Justice, Voting Section – Provides detailed information on the law.
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Advocacy Groups
ACLU – Voting Rights Project
Fairvote – Voting Rights Act
Leadership Conference for Civil Rights
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
Mexican American Legal Defense Fund
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
Native American Rights Fund
Campaign to End Felony Disfranchisement Coalition
VRA Reauthorization Information:
National Commission on the Voting Rights Act
Renew the VRA
Reauthorization Info from the ACLU
Election Law Web Blogs
Equal Vote Blog: By Professor Daniel Tokaji, Assistant Professor of Law at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law. His blog is focused on the civil right’s impact of changes in election law
Rick Hasen’s Web Log: Richard L. Hasen is the William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law at LoyolaLawSchool
Votelaw: By Edward Still, Attorney at Law.
The Voting Rights Initiative of the Michigan Election Law Project presents these resources for further research but does not endorse the views of any person or organization listed here.
To add resources to this page, please contact votingrights@umich.edu