Reporter now with the first africanamerican president reelected and more minority in congress and state houses, shelby county, alabama, south of birmingham, says the law renewed in 2006 is so outdated, its no longer constitutional. The america that elected barack obama is not the america of our parents. And our grandparents. Reporter the law requires states with a history of discrimination to get federal approval before changing how they conduct elections. All or part of eight Southern States are covered. Also arizona, alaska and parts of six others. It was used just last year to block strict voter i. D. Laws in texas and south carolina. It deters and blocks voting discrimination in places in the country where that discrimination has been the most persistent and adaptive. Reporter today, the courts four liberals strongly defended it. Justice kaygan said the formula for figuring which state needs to be covered seems to be working well since they account for 56 of all lawsuits. Justice b
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ROCKPORT — Special Town Meeting on Monday took about 5 hours to consider whether to support measures to comply with the state’s MBTA housing district mandate.