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SAN ANTONIO — It’ll be a busy summer for attorneys representing multiple plaintiffs suing the Texas Legislature and for the office of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, which represents the state in two voting-related lawsuits. They’ll be in and out ...Lubbock Avalanche-Journal · ByEnrique Rangel · 7/14/2014
The people in this line? They're waiting to vote. Voter ID laws would make this line a lot shorter. Photograph: Mario Tama / Getty This week, the US Department of Justice and the state of Texas started arguments in the …theguardian.com · 7/16/2014
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Holder’s initial challenge to Texas’ voter ID law last year, striking down sections of the Voting Rights Act. A second challenge based on the same section of the law that is being argued in the Wisconsin case has not ...Madison · ByMatthew Defour · 7/16/2014
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Madison — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will likely try to get involved in litigation over Wisconsin's voter ID law now being considered by appeals judges in Chicago. "We have already filed suit in Texas and North Carolina," President Barack Obama's ...Milwaukee Journal Sentinel · ByPatrick Marley · 7/16/2014
In a statement, the DOJ explained that the Texas redistricting maps and voter ID law, known as the strictest in the nation, were not only violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, but were also in violation of the …mintpressnews.com · 7/18/2014
A federal court on Thursday blocked a Texas law that would have required voters to show photo identification, ruling that the legislation would impose “strict, unforgiving burdens” on poor minority voters. Describing the law as the most stringent in ...Washington Post · BySari Horwitz · 8/30/2012
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 …New York Times · 11/7/2013
The Justice Department on Thursday redoubled its efforts to challenge state voting laws, suing Texas over its new voter ID measure as part of a growing political showdown over electoral rights. The move marked the latest bid by the Obama administration to ...Washington Post · 8/23/2013
(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 license and ...CNN · 11/12/2013
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