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By Bobby Harrison Apr 19, 2021 8:15 AM Unlike many other state legislatures, the Mississippi Legislature did not pass bills during the 2021 session that would make it more difficult to vote. But the Mississippi Legislature also did not pass any bills that would make it easier to vote despite Mississippi being one of only seven states that do not allow no excuse early voting or no excuse voting by mail. The Mississippi Legislature essentially maintained the status quo in terms of voter access. “I remain hopeful that states toward the bottom of this list like Mississippi will realize ...

DOJ Civil Rights Alums Back Kristen Clarke Ahead Of Ugly Confirmation Battle More than 80 former officials are supporting the nomination of Kristen Clarke, a longtime civil rights lawyer who would be the first woman confirmed to the job. More than 80 former Justice Department civil rights officials are backing the nomination of Kristen Clarke to head the storied Civil Rights Division, a key role that will shape the Biden administration’s agenda on issues like policing and voting rights in the next four years and beyond. Clarke, who began her career at the Justice Department and could become...

Bruce Adelson is a Maryland-based attorney and elections law expert who helped advise Arizona’s citizen redistricting panel. The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Panel plans to interview him Thursday. (Screenshot) Adelson was a top adviser for a similar process in Arizona that was ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. He is the only one of seven candidates to be offered an interview by the 13-member group that was created by voters in 2018. Douglas Clark, a Republican on the commission, said last week that Adelson appears to be “nonpart...

Steven Wright’s ‘The Coyotes of Carthage’ depicts realities of race, money and politics “It’s always such a great honor to teach such smart students, especially at the University of Wisconsin,” Steven Wright says. “They’re smart and they’re hardworking and they really love learning.” In August, USA Today published Two friends texted the list to Steven Wright, a clinical associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and lecturer in the UW–Madison creative writing program whose debut novel, “The Coyotes of Carthage,”...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 are probably two of the most important—and successful—pieces of legislation ever passed by Congress.