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Between 16,000 and 17,000 Texans who said they had trouble getting a voter ID were able to sign an affidavit and vote in the last presidential election,…
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From Texas Standard: A federal judge is ordering Pasadena, Texas to submit its voting system for federal approval – marking the first such order since the…
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Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a major part of the Voting Rights Act a couple of years ago, states like Texas haven’t had federal oversight…
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There was a little-noticed lawsuit filed in federal court this week.Lawyers representing six Latino voters in Texas argue the way we elect judges for the…
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Warnings that strict voter ID laws could hinder turnout among minority voters were right, according to a new study from the University of California-San…
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Texas' new voter ID laws can be used to discourage minorities and women from voting. That's according to the nonprofit Texas Civil Rights Project. Today,…
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The Supreme Court has overturned a portion of the Voting Rights Act. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says this morning’s decision means a Texas voter…
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Lawmakers are looking at a bill today that would change the requirements for mail-in ballots in Harris County. The county would no longer need to send out…
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The provision at issue in Wednesday's case before the court applies to parts of the U.S. where discriminatory voting practices were once rampant. The formula that covers those areas hasn't changed since 1975. The crux of the case: whether times have changed so much that Congress violated the Constitution when it reauthorized the law in 2006.
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The Supreme Court is reviewing a key section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, originally designed to wring institutionalized discrimination from voting in the Old South. It follows an election season when the act was used to forestall proposed changes in several states.