Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (§ 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) · 52 U.S.C. § 20501 · 52 U.S.C. § 20505 · 52 U.S.C. § 20507 · 52 U.S.C. § 21083
Relies on Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. · Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation · United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections Butts · Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to make it possible for Federal, State, and local governments to implement [the Act] in a manner that enhances the participation of eligible citizens as voters in elections for Federal office.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“(1) A State may meet the requirement of subsection (a)(4) by establishing a program under which-- (A) change-of-address information supplied by the Postal Service through its licensees is used to identify registrants whose addresses may have changed; and (B) if it appears from information provided by the Postal Service that-- (i) a registrant has moved to a different residence address in the same registrar's jurisdiction in which the registrant is currently registered, the registrar changes the registration records to show the new address and sends the registrant a notice of the change by forwardable mail and a postage prepaid pre-addressed return form by which the registrant may verify or correct the address information; or (ii) the registrant has moved to a different residence address not in the same registrar's jurisdiction, the registrar uses the notice procedure described in subsection (d)(2) to confirm the change of address.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“In the administration of voter registration for elections for Federal office, each State shall-- ... (3) provide that the name of a registrant may not be removed from the official list of eligible voters except-- (A) at the request of the registrant; (B) as provided by State law, by reason of criminal conviction or mental incapacity; or (C) as provided under paragraph (4); (4) conduct a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters by reason of-- (A) the death of the registrant; or (B) a change in the residence of the registrant, in accordance with subsections (b), (c), and (d);”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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