第八巡回法院拒绝审理重大投票案件，持不同政见者谴责“法官驱动”的错误。 Dissenters Decry ‘Judge-Driven’ Mistakes As 8th Circuit Declines To Hear Major Voting Case.
第八巡回上诉法院驳回了重新考虑一项裁决的请求，该裁决可能会削弱《投票权法》对选举过程中针对种族歧视的保护。 The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request to reconsider a ruling that could weaken the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination in the election process. 这一决定可能会限制具有里程碑意义的民权法的范围，因为 VRA 下的大多数选票稀释案件都是由个人选民与优秀政府和民权团体合作提起的。 This decision may potentially limit the scope of the landmark civil rights law, as the majority of vote dilution cases under the VRA are brought by individual voters in collaboration with good government and civil rights groups.