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  1. July 06, 2017

    Trump Admin, Voters Spar In Briefs Over Texas Voter ID Law

    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.

  2. January 23, 2017

    U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear Texas Voter ID Case

    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.

  3. August 11, 2016

    Texas Voter Accommodation Plan OK'd After ID Law Tossed

    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.

  4. August 03, 2016

    Texas, Civil Rights Groups Reach Voter ID Terms For November

    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.

  5. October 17, 2014

    Justices Allow Texas Voter ID Law To Stand During Election

    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.

  6. October 14, 2014

    5th Circ. Reinstates Texas Voter ID Law For Nov. Election

    The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday stayed a federal judge&rsquo

  7. October 10, 2014

    Texas Federal Judge Nixes State Voter ID Law

    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.

  8. October 31, 2013

    DOJ Wants Voter Fraud Group Kept Out of Voter ID Case

    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.

  9. October 28, 2013

    Texas Denies Race Discrimination Claims In Voter ID Case

    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.

  10. August 20, 2013

    Dallas County Joins Fight Against Texas Voter ID Law

    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.