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.
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Group Looks to High Court to Stop Voter Registration Laws
An advocacy group has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop new voter registration laws before next month’s deadline to register.
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Dead or Alive, Texas Voters Will Find Choices Limited at Polling Places
Many of the measures designed to make the ballot box more secure — like asking people to affirm that they are, in fact, alive — create hurdles for a public that isn’t terribly motivated to vote in the first place.
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After Voter ID Decision, What Happens Next?
Attorneys for the state and the federal government will meet this month to iron out a timeline for the state’s challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. The litigation is why the state isn’t able to immediately file an appeal to last week’s voter ID decision.
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U.S., Mexican Leaders Say the Old PRI is Gone
The return to power of Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, is unlikely to be accompanied by the corruption that used to plague the party, say Arturo Sarukhan, the Mexican ambassador to the U.S., and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
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Court Rulings Reflect a Losing Streak for Abbott
The state’s top lawyer has filed a pile of lawsuits against the federal government. Two decisions last week — on redistricting maps and the state’s voter ID law — went against Attorney General Greg Abbott and the state.
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D.C. Court Strikes Down Texas’ Voter ID Law
Texas’ controversial voter ID bill was struck down again, this time by a three-judge panel in Washington, D.C., that said the bill would disenfranchise certain segments of the voting-age population.
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Voter ID Lite?
Texas officials want access to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database, which the secretary of state’s office said could be “one of many important resources for confirming voter eligibility.”
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State Asks Judge to Stay Injunction on Voter Registration Provisions
The state of Texas has requested that a federal judge stay a ruling that blocks restrictions for deputy voter registrars. Attorneys for the state say the injunction is adding confusion to the elections process.
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5 Voter Registration Provisions Focus of Injunction
A temporary injunction was granted against five state voter registration provisions, including one that prohibits third-party voter registrars from working in more than one county.
