Judge again finds discrimination in Texas voter ID law
It's the second finding of discrimination within two months, which raises the possibility of Texas being stripped of the right to unilaterally change its election laws without federal approval.
White House won’t challenge Texas voter ID law
The move marks a stark reversal under new Attorney General Jeff Sessions from the Obama White House, which joined a lawsuit against Texas in 2013.
GOP voting restrictions struck down in three states
North Carolina, Wisconsin and Kansas all saw state laws affecting voters nullified or limited by respective courts.
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Inside the battle over North Carolina’s voter ID laws
After the Supreme Court's decision to overturn a key part of the Voting Rights Act, North Carolina's Republican-led state legislature passed a new voter ID law and reversed many of the voting procedures civil rights leaders spent years trying to…
On Tuesday, August 5, the day before the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a U.S. appeals court struck down a Texas voter ID law, finding it discriminatory and in direct violation of the landmark civil rights legislation.
President Barack Obama says voter ID laws can be a barrier to voting, and the government needs a revitalized Voting Rights Act to police ballot box discrimination.
The Supreme Court said Saturday that Texas can use its controversial new voter identification law for the November election.
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