DOJ Tells State It Needs More Data on Voter ID

Update: 4:45 p.m.

Rich Parsons, the communications director for the Texas Secretary of State, told the Tribune the agency is working diligently to provide the U.S. Department of Justice the requested data. But, he added, it is going to be “unreliable.”

“Texans are not required to identify themselves by race or ethnicity when they register to vote, so the data they ask for doesn’t exist.,” he said. “There was a discussion about matching it up from racial and ethnic data that’s collected on driver’s licenses and personal ID cards. But as I understand it ...

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