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Tag Archives: Voting Rights

by Forrest Wilder

Why We Hired a Civil Rights Reporter

Introducing Michael Barajas, the Observer’s new civil rights reporter

Fri, Jul 14, 2017 |

Over the last five years, federal courts have repeatedly ruled that the Texas Legislature intentionally discriminated against racial minorities. That’s a high...Read More

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With Bill to Abolish Straight-Ticket Voting, Is Texas Hurtling Toward Another Civil Rights Lawsuit?

A GOP-backed bill, which Democrats said would be challenged in court as voter suppression, will be considered by a Senate committee Thursday.

Wed, May 10, 2017 |

A Republican-backed bill passed the House after two hours of heated debate in which Democrats said it could lead to a civil rights lawsuit....Read More

Abraham Ornelas, a Presidio man who believed— wrongly, it turns out — that his criminal history prevents him from voting.

by Sasha von Oldershausen

‘I Wish I Could Vote’: An Ex-Felon’s Election Day

A Presidio man with a criminal history finds out too late that he's eligible to vote.

Tue, Nov 8, 2016 |

A Presidio man with a criminal history finds out too late that he's eligible to vote following the completion of his parole....Read More

by Andrea Grimes

The Texas Miracle #16: The Texas Tea Party’s Last Service

Does disarray in the Dallas GOP spell doom for the Texas Republican Party? Plus a woman who's literally dead of the 2016 election, and another round of Stump-A-Ferner trivia.

Fri, Aug 5, 2016 |

On the Texas Miracle podcast: Are things spiraling out of control for the Texas tea party? Plus ferners face Texans in a bout of Lone Star sports trivia....Read More

An image from Sheriff Elliott's reelection campaign.

by Alex Hannaford

Following Observer Story, Voting Rights Group Asks DOJ to Investigate West Texas Sheriff (Updated)

Thu, May 5, 2016 |

A D.C. group has asked the DOJ to investigate the alleged voter intimidation tactics of a West Texas sheriff featured in a recent Observer investigation....Read More

Barack Obama implored the tech bros of SXSW to use their skills to increase civic engagement.

by Andrea Grimes

Obama to #SXSW Tech Bros: Your Country Needs You

Fri, Mar 11, 2016 |

President Barack Obama implored the tech bros of SXSW to use their skills to increase civic engagement and even improve national security....Read More

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by Forrest Wilder

Texas Has Issued Seven Times More Auctioneers’ Licenses than Voter ID Cards

Mon, Nov 3, 2014 |

Very, very few Texans have gotten election identification certificates (EIC), the new state-issued form of photo ID for those who don’t have it—340 Texans, ...Read More

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