Feb 27, 2017 · The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed Monday it plans to ditch its longstanding position that Texas lawmakers purposefully discriminated against minority voters by passing …

Aug 12, 2011 · When Texas voters are asked to show a photo ID at the polls in January, they will join voters in 29 other states that have adopted voter identification requirements — but only six …

The Department of Justice this week dropped a key argument in its legal fight against Texas’ voter ID law: It would no longer be making the case that Texas officials knowingly discriminated …

Feb 28, 2017 · The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed Monday that it no longer intends to argue Texas’ voter ID law intentionally discriminates against minorities. The DOJ …

“Photo ID rules have the effect of creating real hurdles to voting. In Texas, the Department of Justice determined that voter ID rules stand in the way of minority citizens’ right to vote, and …

Feb 27, 2017 · For the last six years, the Justice Department has sided with the citizens and civil rights groups fighting Texas’ voter ID law, which a federal judge at one point found to be …

Jul 6, 2017 · The filing by the Justice Department marks the Trump administration’s latest effort to reverse the federal government’s position on Texas’s voter ID law.

In 2011, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 14 (SB 14) that created a new requirement for voters to show photoidentification when voting in person.1Initially, the U.S. Department of …

In 2011, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 14 (SB 14) that created a new requirement for voters to show photoidentification when voting in person.1Initially, the U.S. Department of …

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Aug 22, 2013 · The Justice Department complaint, filed in federal court, represents the latest step in a legal as well as legislative battle between Republican state lawmakers seeking to tighten …

Sep 13, 2011 · Latino voters in Texas must travel farther than white voters to reach the nearest DMV office — imposing an unfair burden in getting an ID required to vote.

Mar 12, 2012 · Perez makes no mention, for example, of DOJ’s approval of Georgia’s voter ID law, nor does he explain how the Texas law is so different from Georgia’s law that an objection …

Apr 11, 2017 · A federal judge ruled that Texas’ voter ID was intended to discriminate against blacks and Latinos. The Department of Justice tried to argue otherwise.

Feb 27, 2017 · The Justice Department has revoked a brief filed in federal district court opposing a Texas law requiring voters to show identification at the polls.Observers are calling it the first …

Jan 25, 2017 · WASHINGTON ― Under President Barack Obama, the Justice Department spent the better part of a decade battling a strict voter ID law in Texas, which several federal judges …

Mar 12, 2012 · The Department of Justice (DOJ) stood up for voting rights again today. In the latest battle in the ongoing war on voting, the DOJ has objected to Texas' proposed voter ID …

Jul 6, 2017 · That new law provided reforms to the 2011 Texas voter ID law, which was known as the nation's most stringent. Texas voter ID laws have been the subject of the long-running case.

Holder removed for the present time the requirement that Texas seek DOJ approval for election law related changes, and subsequently the 2011 voter ID law immediately took effect.

In 2011, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 14 (SB 14) that created a new requirement for voters to show photoidentification when voting in person.1Initially, the U.S. Department of …