Tag Archives: Voting Rights Act

Deal: New cities didn’t violate voting rights act

By Tom Crawford | Published: February 6, 2012

State attorneys representing Gov. Nathan Deal challenge a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the charters of several new cities in Fulton and DeKalb counties . . .

Tags: city charters , DeKalb County , Fulton County , Joseph Lowery , Legislative Black Caucus , Nathan Deal , new municipalities , U.S. District Court , Voting Rights Act

Political Notes – DOJ challenges Texas’ redistricting plan

By Tom Crawford | Published: September 20, 2011

The Department of Justice challenges redistricting plans adopted in Texas because they diminish the voting strength of the state’s Latino population; could a similar challenge be in store for Georgia’s plans? . . .

Tags: appointments , Department of Justice , Georgia , Nathan Deal , redistricting plans , Texas , Voting Rights Act , water wars

Deal signs congressional redistricting plan

By Tom Crawford | Published: September 7, 2011

Gov. Nathan Deal has now signed off on the congressional redistricting map as well as the legislative plans; the next step for the state will be to ask for a Voting Rights Act review . . .

Tags: congressional redistricting plan , Nathan Deal , preclearance , Voting Rights Act

Redistricting session ends, now the difficult part begins

By Tom Crawford | Published: September 1, 2011

Getting the votes to pass redistricting plans was the easy part; the tricky part will be getting signoff at the federal level . . .

Tags: Ed Lindsey , federal review , Jason Carter , Mitch Seabaugh , redistricting plans , Roger Lane , Stacey Abrams , Voting Rights Act

DOJ gives clearance for voter verification procedures

By Tom Crawford | Published: August 23, 2010

The Department of Justice gives Voting Rights Act clearance to Georgia’s program for verifying the citizenship of voters . . .

Tags: Brian Kemp , citizenship verification , federal pre-clearance , voter verification , Voting Rights Act