Posted: August 17, 2012
Court Refuses to Preclear FL Early Voting Plan
Yesterday’s busy day for elections cases included this per curiam opinion denying Florida’s request for preclearance of its early voting plan in Florida v. U.S. However, the court stated that Florida would meet its burden of showing that its plan was non-retrogressive if the state expanded its early voting hours in the five covered counties, and dismissed without prejudice. Additionally, the court precleared the state’s proposed procedures for deaingl with people who move within counties, fail to update their addresses, and then seek to vote in their new precincts.
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Commentary
Arizona: Voter Registration and the Road Ahead
Justin Levitt
June arrived with two election law cases at the Supreme Court. One is still pending: a highly anticipated decision on section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. The other, more frequently overlooked, was decided yesterday. And there are some quirks of the opinion that seem to depart from the swiftly congealing conventional wisdom that the states might actually have "won," and now need only run out the clock.
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