At a news conference leading up to Wednesday’s oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, some Democratic lawmakers said the issue at hand — whether to uphold Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act — deals with a statute that has helped propel minorities to more equal ground in a state with a history of racial discrimination.
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Demographics
TribLive: A Conversation About Demographic Change
Full video of Julián Aguilar’s February 21 TribLive conversation about the impact of demographic change on public policy with state Reps. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, and Larry Gonzales, R-Round Rock.
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TribLive: Anchia and Gonzales on Voter ID
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Reps. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, and Larry Gonzales, R-Round Rock, talked to Julián Aguilar about disenfranchising voters.
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Politics
Polling Center: The Partisan Split on Voting Rights
Overall, Texas voters — by a slight majority — believe the federal government should continue oversight of the state’s changes in election laws, according to the October 2012 University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. But partisans are split.
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New Election Bill Would Repeal Texas Voter ID Law
Democratic state Rep. Eric Johnson is bringing debate over voter ID back to the Texas statehouse. He wants to repeal the law passed in 2011 requiring voters to show photo identification.
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State Government
State Officials Seek End to Federal Election Oversight
The U.S. Supreme Court may determine the fate of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that became an Achilles’ heel for Republican lawmakers this year. That could free Texas from federal oversight in election laws.
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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Voting Rights Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a legal challenge to Congress’ renewal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and a key provision that determines if Texas can pass laws that affect state and local elections.
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While You Were Watching Voter ID
Did the outrage over voter ID take all the energy away from Texas Democrats? A flurry of GOP-backed laws that affect voter registration indicate it did.
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State Government
TribLive: A Conversation with Greg Abbott
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, I talked with Attorney General Greg Abbott about voter ID, redistricting, the cost of suing the feds 24 times and whether he’s going to run for governor.
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TribLive: Abbott on Voter Fraud
At Thursday morning’s TribLive conversation, Attorney General Greg Abbott discussed the prevalence of voter impersonation in Texas and defended the legal basis for the contentious voter ID legislation now making its way through the courts.
