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DESCRIPTION:Speaker Dale Ho\, Director\, ACLU Voting Rights Project\, super
 vises the ACLU's voting rights litigation nationwide. He has litigated cas
 es under the federal Voting Rights Act and the National Voter Registration
  Act\, including Shelby County v. Holder (defending the constitutionality 
 of Sections 4(b) and 5 of the Voting Rights Act before the U.S. Supreme Co
 urt)\; Frank v. Walker (challenging Wisconsin's voter ID law)\; League of 
 Women Voters of NC v. North Carolina (challenging cutbacks to early voting
  and the elimination of same-day registration in North Carolina)\; Florida
  v. United States (successfully challenging cutbacks to Florida's early vo
 ting period)\; and Scott v. Schedler (successfully challenging Louisiana's
  failure to provide voter registration services to public assistance clien
 ts). He has testified on election reforms in various state legislatures ar
 ound the country\, and is a frequent television commentator on voting righ
 ts issues. Prior to joining the ACLU\, he was Assistant Counsel at the NAA
 CP Legal Defense Fund\; an associate at Fried\, Frank\, Harris\, Shriver &
  Jacobson LLP\; and a judicial law clerk\, first to Judge Barbara S. Jones
 \, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York\, and then to
  Judge Robert S. Smith\, New York Court of Appeals.
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LOCATION:School of Law\, Eidman Courtroom (CCJ room 2.306)
SUMMARY:The Voting Rights Act at 50: Preserving the Right to Vote
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 _preserving_the_right_to_vote
CATEGORIES:Policy & Law
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