July 06, 2017
The U.S. Department of Justice told a federal judge Wednesday there's no need to take further action regarding Texas' controversial voter ID law, as an amended measure that will go into effect in January solves discriminatory issues the court cited in blocking the original law, while opponents argue the new law is just as bad.
January 23, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case that involves a challenge to a controversial Texas law that requires voters to present specific forms of government-issued IDs to cast a ballot, leaving in place lower court rulings that the law is discriminatory to minority voters.
August 11, 2016
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday signed off on an interim plan that allows Texans to vote without photo identification in November, while the state continues to fight a court ruling that the controversial voter ID law violated the Voting Rights Act by imposing an unfair burden on minorities.
August 03, 2016
Texas and the civil rights groups wrangling over whether the state's voter identification law is discriminatory reached terms Wednesday that would allow voters lacking the stricter ID required by the law to vote if they sign a declaration that they couldn't easily get the new documents.
October 17, 2014
The state of Texas' controversial voter identification law will be in effect for this year's general election, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied early on Saturday the plaintiffs' effort to maintain an injunction placed on the law when a district court found it unconstitutional.
October 14, 2014
The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday stayed a federal judge&rsquo
October 10, 2014
A Texas federal judge on Thursday struck down the state's controversial voter identification law, ruling that it violates the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution by imposing an unfair burden on the right of minorities to vote.
October 31, 2013
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday told a Texas federal judge not to allow a conservative anti-voter-fraud advocacy group to intervene in a challenge to the state's voter identification law, arguing the group hasn't shown it would be injured if the law is thrown out.
October 28, 2013
The state of Texas on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a consolidated case accusing Texas and its officials of disenfranchising minority groups with a state voter-identification law, saying the complaints contain no plausible allegation that the law is racist.
August 20, 2013
Dallas County commissioners voted Tuesday to join a lawsuit aiming to block Texas from implementing a voter ID law, siding with a U.S. Representative who says the requirement for government-issued photo IDs would disenfranchise minority groups.