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Eugene

(62,626 posts)
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 02:20 PM Jul 2016

U.S. appeals court finds that Texas voter ID law is discriminatory

Source: Reuters

World | Wed Jul 20, 2016 3:01pm EDT

U.S. appeals court finds that Texas voter ID law is discriminatory

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a Texas law requiring voters to show a government-issued form of photo identification before casting a ballot is discriminatory.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said the law has discriminatory effects and violates the U.S. Voting Rights Act.

(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Leslie Adler)


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-texasvoting-idUSKCN1002KJ
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U.S. appeals court finds that Texas voter ID law is discriminatory (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2016 OP
Roh roh. Even if appealed to the SCOTUS, the split court would not overturn this ruling. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #1
Here is a link to the opinion Gothmog Jul 2016 #2
fairness and equality donald20 Jul 2016 #3

Gothmog

(154,009 posts)
2. Here is a link to the opinion
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 03:59 PM
Jul 2016

Here is the link to the opinion which is over 200 pages with dissents and a concurrence https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2995942-Voter-ID-Opinion-5th-Circuit-July.html I just scanned the remedy section and a couple of paragraphs of the dissents. I want to bottle the tears of Edith Jones and Priscilla Owen reflected in these dissents
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