The Texas secretary of state submitted additional information to the Department of Justice on Tuesday in an effort to ensure the state’s controversial voter ID law is implemented on time.
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Will Justice Department Request Delay Voter ID Law?
Texas’ practice of not inquiring about the race of registered voters could delay the state’s controversial voter identification bill from being implemented on schedule in January.
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Feds Hold Off Approving Texas’ Voter ID Bill
The Department of Justice advised the Texas Secretary of State today that its request for preclearance of the contentious voter ID bill lacked enough information for the government to render a decision.
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Updated: Groups Urge Feds to Stop Voter ID Bill
A broad coalition of civil and minority rights groups is urging the U.S. Department of Justice today to reject Texas’ submission for preclearance of the voter ID bill legislators approved this year.
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Demographics
Naomi Gonzalez: The TT Interview
El Paso’s Democratic state representative on the media’s portrayal of her hometown, why the grassroots is key to making gains for her party, and why she thinks immigration legislation will hurt Gov. Rick Perry on the campaign trail.
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Demographics
José Rodríguez: The TT Interview
The first-term state senator on being outgunned by Republicans during the legislative session, what the Democrats accomplished and how he thinks Gov. Rick Perry will do in 2012.
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Video: Perry on the Hispanic Vote
During an October 15, 2011 interview, Gov. Rick Perry sat down with Texas Tribune CEO and Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith for an interview co-presented by the Tribune and Austin’s public broadcasting stations, KUT and KLRU.
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State Government
31 Days, 31 Ways: Stringent Voter ID Law Means Changes at the Polls
DAY 24 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: The state is preparing to enforce more stringent voter ID requirements.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson analyzes TWIA claims and lawyer fees, Aguilar talks border security and voter ID with Chuy Hinojosa, Grissom on the latest inmate exonerated via DNA evidence, Hamilton interviews John Sharp on higher ed and the SEC, Murphy interactively maps the changes wrought by redistricting, Philpott on who’s running Texas while Rick Perry is out campaigning for president, Ramsey on Perry’s history of off-the-cuff remarks, Ramshaw on Perry’s childhood years in Paint Creek, Root on Perry’s extraordinary first week on the trail and Tan on even more ways Texas will change on Sept. 1: The best of our best content from Aug. 15-19, 2011.
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State Government
Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa: The TT Interview
The state senator from McAllen sat down with the Tribune to talk border security, how Democrats move forward after voter ID and what he thinks the upper chamber will look like in 2013.
