In one week, federal courts struck down such laws in four states, marking a significant shift in the legal battle over voting rules.
By Alan Greenblatt | Governing
After years of legal setbacks, voting rights advocates are increasingly hopeful that momentum has shifted their way.
Over the past week, federal courts have issued sometimes scathing rulings against laws that made it harder for citizens to vote in Kansas, North Carolina, North Dakota and Wisconsin. And last month, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Texas’ voter ID law, considered the strictest in the nation, discriminates against minority voters and ordered a lower court to fix it before November.
