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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNow the South is under the same Federal election law that Ohio has been.
That sentence is the best summary of the VRA ruling I could come up with. It's worth thinking about, and nobody has clean hands here.
Editing, since this is probably not clear to non-southerners: Ohio has some of the most corrupt elections in the nation. The Voting Rights Act was explicitly targeted at the South which let non-southern states get away with enormities.
In an ideal world, this would be a good decision, and an opportunity for Congress to fix the inherent issues in the VRA. In the actual world, nothing's coming out of this House any time soon.
JustAnotherGen
(32,345 posts)Who doesn't have clean hands here? Can you explain that statement here? Is this a both sides do it argument?
Recursion
(56,582 posts)The fact that a state's status in 1965 determined how closely it was watched in 2008 is idiotic. Ohio needed more attention than Virginia.
JustAnotherGen
(32,345 posts)Thanks! I agree. I've become a broken record here - on Its The Blue States Dummies.
Let's remember - Ohio was stolen in 2004 and has had just as much b.s. from the IndieTeaPublicans as PA. It only takes two 'blue' states disenfranchised to 'red' to given them an election.
And you are right - Ohio DID need more attention than VA in 2008 - jus ast PA needed more than Mississippi in 2012.
backwoodsbob
(6,001 posts)I don't get it
Recursion
(56,582 posts)kentuck
(111,264 posts)Perhaps they should have expanded the Voting Rights Bill to include some northern states?
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Limiting the VRA based on patterns of 1965 was stupid.
The court's decision on its face makes sense.
OTOH nothing that comes out of this House will be good.
okaawhatever
(9,480 posts)The prevailing laws recognized either congress or the states as the ultimate authority.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Over time, this may end up being a felicitious precedent. But timeo danaos et dona ferentes.
conservatives have used every trick in the book to steal elections in Ohio.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)My point is it shouldn't be legal now in Alabama and it shouldn't have been legal in 2004 in Ohio.
JustAnotherGen
(32,345 posts)snot
(10,556 posts)i.e., I should have replied to them; but there were more than one. Sorry for the confusion!
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Jarla
(156 posts)Why were states still being evaluated based on their voting practices in the 1960s?
Why was the VRA never updated so that states were evaluated based on their voting practices in, say, 2004?