Supreme Court ready to whack away at our freedom once again (Voting Rights Act)

[Dennis S]

"what it does is establish the assumption that, without constant monitoring at a federal level, voting rights compliance will never be maintained." - cbelt3

That assumption is obviously the case. There are constant pressures against voting rights. With less monitoring, it will only get worse.

[Lemon Drop]

The civil rights division of DOJ already monitors every state's voting laws, and they have recently objected to voter ID laws in states that are not subject to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

So I don't think we need any new laws regarding federal supervision of voting, but given the behavior of South Carolina, Texas, Alabama and other southern states regarding strict photo ID laws, I see no reason to remove Section 5 now.
If those states were making this request without simultaneously trying to impose unnecessary restrictions on voting, that might look a little different.
But the fact is they are pursuing those restrictions, alleging non-existent voter fraud. That's the issue that makes maintenance of Section 5 crucial, IMO.

[Ted King]

I saw a report that said that by Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act, Federal judges can add jurisdictions to the original list if the jurisdiction has been shown to the judge to be persistent in their discrimination. Since the Voting Rights Act was passed, 18 jurisdictions (mostly counties) have been added to the list of places that are monitored under Section 5.