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Changing How Straight-Party Votes Are Marked Without Preclearance

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
September 1, 2023

LULAC v. Bexar County (Edward C. Prado, W.D. Tex. 5:02-cv-1015)
A federal complaint challenged, among other things, a change in ballot construction that required voters to mark their selection for straight-party voting twice instead of once as not precleared pursuant to section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. After four proceedings, the parties and the judge agreed that the change could proceed as if precleared for early voting, but the election-day ballot would use the old method while preclearance was pending.
Subject: Voting procedures. Topics: Early voting; voting technology; section 5 preclearance; intervention; attorney fees.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Tags:
Attorney Fees | Election Litigation | Early Voting | Intervention | Section 5 Preclearance | Voting Procedures | Voting Rights Act | Voting Technology | Emergency Proceedings | U.S. District Courts | W.D. Tex.