Since the Supreme Court nixed a key part of the Voting Rights Act last year, voting rights supporters have been worried that previously covered states would no longer have to go through the pre-clearance process when making changes to voting laws. But Texas may have saved the day. A federal judge’s ruling that the state’s Voter ID law not only had discriminatory effect but an “unconstitutional discriminatory purpose” might be enough to land Texas back in the Voting Rights Act penalty box.
Mission Accomplished?
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October 14, 2014 9:37 a.m.
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