“Why A Victory For The Voting Rights Act In Texas Feels More Like A Defeat”
Cristian Farias writes for HuffPo.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Questions Remain After Court Rules Texas Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act”
Here’s the audio of my talk with Texas Standard.
“Let watchdog do its job without partisanship”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial on GAB.
“The Real Voter Fraud is Texas’ Voter ID Law”
“The Eyes of Texas”
Mimi Marziani at ACS on the 5th Circuit’s voter id decision.
“How to Save the Voting Rights Act”
[bumping to the top for today’s 50th anniversary of the VRA; see also my coverage of yesterday’s very important 5th Circuit Texas voter id ruling.]
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
In 2010, the Simpsons featured a … Continue reading
“Texas voter ID law ruled invalid — in part”
Lyle Denniston:
Acting one day before the fiftieth anniversary of the nation’s most important voting rights law, a federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that Texas will be barred from enforcing at least part of its four-year-old law that… Continue reading
US AG Lynch Statement on Texas Voter ID Ruling
“Kobach to file charges in voter fraud cases”
“Appellate Panel Says Texas ID Law Broke U.S. Voting Rights Act”
Erik Eckholm reports for the NYT.
“Court: Texas Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act”
Press Statement from TX AG Fails to Acknowledge 5th Circuit Held Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act
Weird.
Attorney General Paxton Statement on Voter ID Ruling
Texas’ Voter ID Law to Remain in Effect
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today released the following statement on the ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for… Continue reading
Breaking and Analysis: 5th Circuit Affirms Texas Voter ID Violates Section 2, Remands on Question of Discriminatory Purpose
[bumping to top]
A unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has issued an opinion which is a great (but not complete) victory for those challenging Texas’s strict voter id law. The court affirms… Continue reading
“First GOP Debate To Take Place In A State Where Access To Voting Rights Is Getting Worse”
Alice Ollstein writes for Think Progress.