With the fractured Fifth Circuit ruling today that Texas’ voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act and the Presidential election quickly approaching, you may be interested in learning more about the law on voting rights. To research the issue, you can search the SARA catalog or WorldCat for the subject, Voting—United States or Suffrage—United States. The Brooklyn Law School Library has over 100 different titles on the topic. Some of the more recent acquisitions are listed below.
- Charles Bullock et al., The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act (2016).
- Michael Smith et al., State Voting Laws in America: Historical Statutes and Their Modern Implications (2015).
- Henry Flores, Latinos and the Voting Rights Act: The Search for Racial Purpose (2015).
- Donathan L. Brown & Michael Clemons, Voting Rights Under Fire: The Continuing Struggle for People of Color (2015).
- Gary May, Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy (2013).