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As director of the Project on Fair Representation, Blum studies civil rights policy issues such as voting rights, affirmative action, and multiculturalism. Prior to joining AEI, he facilitated the legal challenge to dozens of racially gerrymandered voting districts and race-based school admissions and public contracting programs throughout the nation. He is the author of The Unintended Consequences of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (AEI Press, 2007). The book describes how in recent years the Voting Rights Act has caused minority voters to become pawns in partisan redistricting battles, diminished competitive elections, driven the creation of bug-splat-like voting districts, and contributed to the ideological polarization of voting districts.
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Professional Experience
-Senior Fellow, Center for Equal Opportunity, 2002-2006
-Director of Legal Affairs, American Civil Rights Institute, 2000-2002
-President, Campaign for a Color-Blind America, Legal Defense and Educational Foundation, 1993-2000
-Partner, JC Bradford, 1998-2000
Education
B.A., University of Texas, Austin
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| Civil rights policy |
| Voting rights |
| Affirmative action |
| Multiculturalism |
| Redistricting |
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| Contact Information |
Edward Blum
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 703-505-1922
Assistant: 202-862-4878
Fax: 202-862-7177
E-mail: eblum@aei.org
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The Unintended Consequences of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
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| Edward Blum charts the degeneration of the Voting Rights Act from a law designed to remove voting barriers for African Americans to a frivolous, costly gerrymandering tool. [Read More] |
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