Split 9th Circuit Strikes Down Voting Restrictions In Arizona As Discriminatory

Mealey's (January 29, 2020, 12:53 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The full Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a divided Jan. 27 opinion found that two Republican-backed measures to combat alleged voter fraud in Arizona discriminate against Indian, Hispanic and black voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (The Democratic National Committee, et al. v. Katie Hobbs, et al., No. 18-15845, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 2470)....