⚖️ Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee

Thursday, July 1, 2021 All day

Arizona's voting restrictions regarding provisional ballot counting do not violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Decided July 1, 2021 (argued March 2, 2021). Opinion of the Court: Samuel Alito → go there Dissenting: Kagan. Applied: the Fifteenth Amendment → go there Topic: Voting and redistricting. Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, 594 U.S. 647 (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case related to voting rights established by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), and specifically the applicability of Section 2's general provision barring discrimination against minorities in state and local election laws in the wake of the 2013 Supreme Court decision Shelby County v. Holder, which effectively removed the requirement that jurisdictions covered under Section 4(b) get preclearance to change their election procedures. Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee involved two of Arizona's election policies: one outlawing ballot collection and another banning out-of-precinct voting. The Supreme Court ruled in a 6–3 decision in July 2021 that neither of Arizona's election policies violated the VRA or had a racially discriminatory purpose. Wiki link

⚖️ Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee