State Lawmakers Must Step in to Remedy Supreme Court Voting Rights Blunder

Rachel Landy, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Jarrett Berg, VoteEarlyNY

Abstract

This June, a 6-3 Supreme Court decision further eroded the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by upholding an Arizona law that disqualifies ballots cast by voters at any poll site other than the one assigned — an administrative technicality that has been shown to disproportionately impact minority communities in multiple states.