Winning some more seats in the congressional delegation or the Legislature would make Texas Democrats happy, but the real prize at stake in the state’s redistricting legislation is federal oversight of the state’s Republican mapmakers.
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Trump administration says Texas’ new voter ID law checks all the boxes (video)
The U.S. Department of Justice argued in a legal filing Thursday that courts should drop any further action over the old version of Texas’ voter ID law. That story tops the Texas Political Roundup.
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Politics
Trump administration: New Texas voter ID law fixes discrimination
Texas’ new voter identification law fully absolves the state from discriminating against minority voters in 2011, and courts should not take further action in a battle over the state’s old voter ID law, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice argued in a legal filing.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Texas voters wary of making changes to the U.S. Constitution
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants a convention of states to consider amendments to the U.S. Constitution, but most Texas voters aren’t convinced that’s a good idea, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Lock the Vote
As court scoldings pile up, will Texas face a voting rights reckoning?
A barrage of court rulings has forced Texas leaders to confront whether they strayed too far in enacting voting laws found to have disproportionately burdened minorities.
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Politics
Scrap new Texas voter ID law, plaintiffs tell federal judge
Texas’ softer voter ID law doesn’t fix the discrimination in the old measure, the state’s legal opponents told a judge Wednesday.
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Politics
House, Senate OK compromise on bill to soften voter ID law
The House and Senate have approved a compromise on voter ID legislation, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.
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Politics
Texas House backs voter ID overhaul, with changes
The 95-54 vote followed a six-hour debate that saw fierce pushback from Democrats, who argued the legislation wouldn’t go far enough to expand ballot access and might discourage some Texans from going to the polls.
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State Government
Watch as House debates voter ID legislation (video)
Watch the Texas House debate legislation that would change the state’s voter ID law.
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State Government
Effort to overhaul Texas voter ID rules survives — for now
A flurry of legislative activity Sunday night gave life to efforts to overhaul the Texas’ voter identification law, a change that’s crucial to the state’s arguments over whether lawmakers disenfranchised minority voters.