1,500 Nueces County Voters Were Wrongly Sent Letters Demanding Proof of ID
A big mistake in the lead up to primary voting underscores the anxiety around misinformation on elections and barriers to voting.
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What Does Discrimination Look Like to Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Jones?
Despite repeat rulings that Texas passed voter ID with racist intent, judge tells opponents from the bench, “You have nothing.”
Texas Won’t Fix Its Discriminatory Voting Laws. Can the Courts?
Since 2011, nine federal court rulings have concluded that Texas passed intentionally racist voting laws. Three of those rulings happened in just the past two weeks.
Trump DOJ: Trust Texas to Fix Racist Voter ID Law Without Court Oversight
The new legal brief is a sign of the Justice Department’s dramatically different take on voting rights under the Trump Administration.
Five New Laws that Will Likely Get Texas Sued (Or Already Have)
The Texas Legislature passed at least 5 arguably unconstitutional bills this year, and the special session hasn’t even started.
Six Texas Lawsuits Trump Could Impact (or Not) in 2017
Trump could quickly take action that would render some of them obsolete, while others could see several more years of litigation.
Years After Voter ID Law, Alternative IDs Confuse Texas County Officials
Critics say rarely issued election identification certificates are more 'illusion' than 'remedy.'
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Texas Lawmakers Aren’t Actually Supposed to Try to Make Things Worse, Right?
The state excels at creating solutions in search of problems, making life more difficult for the most marginalized Texans.
