Voting Rights in a Post-Supreme Court Decision World

States take advantage of ruling on Voting Rights Act.

That Didn't Take Long - The Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act has opened the door for states to implement changes to voting procedures that the law blocked in 2012. It also gave Congress the responsibility to come up with a new formula to determine which states must get pre-clearance from the Justice Department or a federal court before changing voting procedures. Check here for updates on how the rules where you live and vote may change. – Joyce Jones(Photo: AL.COM/Landov)

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That Didn't Take Long - The Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act has opened the door for states to implement changes to voting procedures that the law blocked in 2012. It also gave Congress the responsibility to come up with a new formula to determine which states must get pre-clearance from the Justice Department or a federal court before changing voting procedures. Check here for updates on how the rules where you live and vote may change. – Joyce Jones(Photo: AL.COM/Landov)

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Alabama - Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley says the Supreme Court ruling is the "most significant" in his lifetime and that "areas of discrimination" have been "addressed." He also believes the state should be exempt from any formula to address voting discrimination that Congress drafts.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Arkansas - Now that federal clearance is no longer an issue, the Arkansas state legislature will likely override Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of its voter ID law.(Photo: REUTERS/Arkansas Governor's Office/Handout )  

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Arkansas - Now that federal clearance is no longer an issue, the Arkansas state legislature will likely override Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of its voter ID law.(Photo: REUTERS/Arkansas Governor's Office/Handout )  

Florida - Secretary of State Ken Detzne says Florida is now "free and clear" to pass a law limiting early voting "without any restriction from the Justice Department."(Photo: Doug Finge/Gainesville Sun/Landov)

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Florida - Secretary of State Ken Detzne says Florida is now "free and clear" to pass a law limiting early voting "without any restriction from the Justice Department."(Photo: Doug Finge/Gainesville Sun/Landov)

Georgia - According to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Georgia's most populous county, Fulton County, will likely now use a county commission map drawn by Republican state legislators and opposed by Democrats.(Photo: EPA/JIM LO SCALZO/LANDOV)

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Georgia - According to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Georgia's most populous county, Fulton County, will likely now use a county commission map drawn by Republican state legislators and opposed by Democrats.(Photo: EPA/JIM LO SCALZO/LANDOV)

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Mississippi - We're not the same old Mississippi that our fathers' fathers were," declared state Attorney General Delbert Hosemann. Still, he plans to implement a voter ID law that was not cleared by DOJ.  (Photo: Marianne Todd/Getty Images)

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Mississippi - We're not the same old Mississippi that our fathers' fathers were," declared state Attorney General Delbert Hosemann. Still, he plans to implement a voter ID law that was not cleared by DOJ. (Photo: Marianne Todd/Getty Images)

North Carolina - State Sen. Tom Apodaca has pledged to move quickly to pass a voter ID law. Legislators are also considering measures that would limit early voting and other changes, according to state Attorney General Roy Cooper.(Photo: REUTERS/Chris Keane)

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North Carolina - State Sen. Tom Apodaca has pledged to move quickly to pass a voter ID law. Legislators are also considering measures that would limit early voting and other changes, according to state Attorney General Roy Cooper.(Photo: REUTERS/Chris Keane)

South Carolina - Republicans in South Carolina, where a voter ID law was delayed last year by the Justice Department, cheered the high court's decision. According to state Attorney General Alan Wilson, it was a "victory for all voters as all states can now act equally without some having to ask for permission or being required to jump through the extraordinary hoops demanded by federal bureaucracy."(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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South Carolina - Republicans in South Carolina, where a voter ID law was delayed last year by the Justice Department, cheered the high court's decision. According to state Attorney General Alan Wilson, it was a "victory for all voters as all states can now act equally without some having to ask for permission or being required to jump through the extraordinary hoops demanded by federal bureaucracy."(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Rick Perry - "Yeah, well, let me see: Texas governor versus VP. The balance on that one isn't even close, so I would suggest to you that that's deep in the rumor category and I got a better gig where I am. Thank you," said Gov. Rick Perry in a Fox News interview about whether he’d consider the GOP’s number two spot.(Photo: Landov)

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Texas - Hours after the Supreme Court decision, the Lone Star State's attorney general announced that the voter ID law and redistricting plan would go immediately into effect. Gov. Rick Perry, however, signed a redistricting map that preserves a Congressional Black Caucus seat. (Photo: Landov)

Virginia - Virginia's voter ID plan was scheduled to take effect in July 2014. Its future now depends on whether Congress can come up a new formula to determine which states must get new voting procedures cleared.   (Photo: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

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Virginia - Virginia's voter ID plan was scheduled to take effect in July 2014. Its future now depends on whether Congress can come up a new formula to determine which states must get new voting procedures cleared.  (Photo: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)