Texas Voter ID Law

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will allow Texas to enact its revised voter identification law.

Federal Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos ruled Monday that the controversial Texas voter ID law passed in 2011 was enacted with the intent to discriminate against Black and Hispanic voters.

A federal Judge in Texas has ruled the state violated an agreement it made in July to soften its voter ID law, one of the strictest in the country and as a result, will have to reprint their voter education materials. In July, a court ruled that the Texas voter ID law discriminated against Blacks […]

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was right when she predicted earlier this month that a strict Texas voter ID law would prevent Americans from voting, the Huffington Post reports. RELATED: Congresswoman Barbara Lee: Celebrate Civil Rights on November 4th Ginsburg called the new measure an “unconstitutional poll tax” in a scathing six-page dissent […]