The Voting News Weekly: The Voting News Weekly February 6-12 2012

Deal or No Deal in Texas?

A series of lawsuits have been filed challenging the constitutionality of the pre-clearance provisions of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Jonathan Brater offered a defense of Section 5 in the Boston Review. With a primary scheduled for April, a judicial panel in Texas rushed to find a settlement on redistricting maps. Ohio Republicans plan to repeal changes to the election code they passed last year. A Wisconsin judge declined to block the State’s Voter Id ;aw but set a trial debate to hear arguments. After Charlie White’s removal from office as a result of his conviction for voter fraud, the battle over his replacement moves to the State supreme Court. Senegal’s President began his controversial bid for a third term and Yemen prepares for an election to choose Ali Abdullah Saleh’s successor.