Voting Rights Law Draws Skepticism From Justices

Voting Rights Law Draws Skepticism From Justices

Mary Mata February 28, 2013

By Adam Liptak, New York Times WASHINGTON — A central provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 may be in peril, judging from tough questioning on Wednesday from the Supreme Court’s more […]

Latinas’ Vote Under Fire?

Mary Mata

By Viviana Hurtado, The Wise Latina Club In 1965, 25,000 people marched to Montgomery, Alabama to help pass the Voting Rights Act. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court, including Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, heard […]

Obama Operatives Move to “Battle ground Texas” to Make it a Swing-State

Mary Mata February 27, 2013

By Wayne Slater, Dallas Morning News Former Obama campaign operatives are relocating in Texas as part of a group that plans to use the tools of Barack Obama’s reelection nationally to make Texas […]

Supreme Court to Hear Voting Rights Challenge Today

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco We circled today’s date on NewsTaco’s calendar several months ago. Today is the day that the U. S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) hears arguments in the case […]

Latinos Likely to Decide South L.A. Campaign

Mary Mata February 26, 2013

By Tony Castro, Voxxi For the first time in history, Latinos on March 5 will either elect a Hispanic or at least decide who represents traditionally black South Los Angeles […]

Why We Still Need the Voting Rights Act

Mary Mata February 25, 2013

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco On February 27th the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments in a lawsuit originating in Shelby County, Alabama as to why Section […]

Latinos Fail to win Latino Electoral Districts

Mary Mata February 14, 2013

By Nathan L. Gonzales, NBCLatino One year ago, Democratic state Sen. Ruben Kihuen declared himself the best candidate to represent a newly-drawn, Hispanic-heavy congressional district in North Las Vegas. Thirteen days […]

Latino Voters Need Section 5 Today More Than Ever

Mary Mata February 13, 2013

By Nina Perales, Vice President of Litigation for MALDEF In the 2012 general election, an estimated ten percent of votes were cast by Latinos. The record high number was accompanied by media commentary […]

Can the Supreme Court Make the Voting Rights Act Better?

Mary Mata February 12, 2013

By Emily Bazelon, Slate At the end of this month, the Supreme Court will hear Shelby County v. Holder, a challenge to the continuing validity of Section 5, brought by the state of […]

Wisconsin’s rising Latino vote

Mary Mata February 6, 2013

By Jack Carver, The Cap Times By far the largest Hispanic constituency is found in the Milwaukee-centered 4th District. At 16.9 percent, the Hispanic population in that district mirrors that […]