Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday asked the justices to hear his arguments about why the state’s photo ID requirements for voting do not discriminate against Hispanics and African-American voters.
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Judge Orders Texas to Rewrite Voter ID Education Materials
Texas must issue new press releases and other materials in its voter education campaign. That comes after the federal government and other plaintiffs accused state officials of misleading voters about identification requirements.
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Analysis: Pointing the Finger When It Comes to Low Texas Voter Turnout
Before you blame voters for Texas’ remarkably low election turnout, look at state law. If elections were run by a business, and if high voter turnout was a goal, wouldn’t they be trying to make it easier to vote instead of harder?
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Cornyn’s Non-Endorsement of Cruz, Voter ID, Pre-K Round Out the Week’s Headlines (Video)
In the Roundup: U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz continue their less than adoring relationship, the federal government says Texas is misleading voters on relaxed ID requirements ahead of the November election and a new study shows smaller is better when it comes to pre-K class sizes.
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Feds Accuse Texas of Misleading On Relaxed Voter ID Requirements
The federal government is accusing Texas of circulating “inaccurate or misleading information” to poll workers and would-be voters about relaxed identification requirements for the November elections.
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Higher Education
Texas Launches Voter Education Campaign Amid Scrutiny of Voter ID Law
Texas on Wednesday kicked off a voter education campaign ahead of the November elections. The state is required to spend $2.5 million to educate voters about its voter ID requirements.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Prosecuted 15 Illegal Voting Cases, None Involving Impersonation
Only 15 voter fraud cases have been prosecuted by the attorney general’s office between the 2012 primary election and July. Eleven of those are cases in which “politiqueras” collect and mail ballots for elderly voters.
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Texas: The Real Voter Fraud (Video)
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed a voter ID law in 2011 that required individuals to present a state-issued photo ID at the polls. But the majority of voter fraud convictions in the state involve mail-in ballots.
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Demographics
Federal Judge Approves Plan to Weaken Texas Voter ID Law
A federal judge on Wednesday approved a plan that says it won’t be mandatory for Texans to present an ID in order to vote in the November general election.
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Campus Carry, Zika, Voter ID Dominate the Week’s Headlines (Video)
In the Roundup: Texas agrees to soften its voter ID law for the November elections, the state’s new campus carry gun law quietly takes effect and state officials give the O.K. for Medicaid to pay for mosquito repellant to help combat the spread of Zika.