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(CNN)-- For weeks leading up to the 2013 off-year elections, prominent Texas Democrats directly blamed the state's new voter ID law for problems in registration. First, Judge Sandra Watts said she had a problem because the name on her driver's ...CNN · 11/12/2013
HOUSTON — First, Judge Sandra Watts was stopped while trying to vote because the name on her photo ID, the same one she had used for voter registration and identification for 52 years, did not exactly match her name on the official voter rolls.New York Times · 11/7/2013
It is much less bigoted and more Hispanic: no sane candidate today would fail to produce Spanish campaign ads. The effect of the Shelby County ruling was that all the states and parts of states that had been subject to preclearance were freed to make their ...The Economist · 7 hours ago
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A controversial law requiring Texas voters to present photo identification in order to cast a ballot officially went into effect Monday, as early voting began in the state for the Nov. 5 elections. In order to cast a ballot, voters will have to ...The Huffington Post · 10/22/2013
AUSTIN — Texas voters are going to the polls Tuesday to vote on a slew of constitutional and municipal issues, from funding water projects to granting tax breaks to aerospace companies. But a deeper question is how voters adapt to the state's ...USA Today · 11/5/2013
Washington (CNN)-- Texas state officials went to federal court Monday to defend a controversial new voter identification law, dismissing suggestions the requirement would deny hundreds of thousands of people -- many of them minorities -- access ...CNN · ByBill Mears · 7/9/2012
In 2012 a federal court struck down Texas' ID law ... city of Dallas. "You must have a photo ID and that photo ID has to be one of the listed categories." For example, it is fine to use a concealed handgun carry permit to vote, but a student can ...NPR News · ByWade Goodwyn · 10/31/2013
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R) said the state will appeal Thursday’s ruling to the U.S. Supreme ... in a statement. Legal experts said it is unknown whether the Supreme Court will take the case. Rick Hasen, an election-law specialist at the ...articles.washingtonpost.com · BySari Horwitz · 8/30/2012
tried to get a voter identification card at a Texas Department of Public Safety office on Saturday. But the only photo identification cards Wright has -- an expired Texas driver's license and a Texas Christian University faculty identification ...The Huffington Post · 11/4/2013
The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday that it will challenge Texas's Voter ID law, saying it violates the Voting Rights Act, as well as the Constitution's 14th and 15th Amendments. In a separate case, the Justice Department will also join in a ...Washington Post · ByAaron Blake · 8/23/2013
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