Federal Appeals Court Rules Texas Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act

[PaintMyHouse]

"WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court on Wednesday found that Texas’ strict voter identification law violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, in a victory for civil rights groups who had challenged the law.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit did not make a determination as to whether Texas legislators had a discriminatory purpose in passing the legislation, and sent that issue back to a lower federal court to re-evaluate the determination that it was purposefully discriminatory. But the appeals court did find that the Texas voter ID law would have a discriminatory impact, in violation of the Voting Rights Act.

In declining to find Texas legislators had a discriminatory purpose in passing the legislation, members of the appeals court said they recognized “the charged nature of accusations of racism, particularly against a legislative body,” but they also acknowledged “the sad truth that racism continues to exist in our modern American society despite years of laws designed to eradicate it.”
Federal Appeals Court Rules Texas Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act

And down goes another GOP attempt at voter suppression...

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Should have modeled it after Indiana's, it passed SCOTUS muster and is law

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Should have modeled it after Indiana's, it passed SCOTUS muster and is law

You know Texas, always trying to do it bigger, and worse...

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Or they can take it to SCOTUS....like Indiana did

 

[MsnBama]

Should have modeled it after Indiana's, it passed SCOTUS muster and is law

You know Texas, always trying to do it bigger, and worse...

And in an express lane.

 

[Silent Warrior]

So are they saying minorities are too stupid to know how to get a free ID? Or are the saying minorities can't qualify for an ID? Perhaps they are saying that minorities are not real citizens and so can't get an ID. Kinda sounds racist to say they aren't up to the standards of others.

 

[Preacher]

Libtards think this shows the GOP being racist when in fact its reverse they are showing how much they think of minorities IQ's that they can't comprehend HOW to get a state id to vote...