Congressional Research Service Issues Legal Sidebar White Paper on Recent Developments in Rights of Private Individuals to Enforce Section 2 of Voting Rights Act
February 22, 2024
February 22, 2024
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB10954) on Feb. 20, 2024, by legislative attorney L. Paige Whitaker:
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Recent Developments in the Rights of Private Individuals to Enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
On November 20, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Eighth Circuit) in Arkansas State Conference NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment affirmed a fe . . .
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Recent Developments in the Rights of Private Individuals to Enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
On November 20, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Eighth Circuit) in Arkansas State Conference NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment affirmed a fe . . .