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August 4, 2016

Discriminatory Texas Voter ID Law Will Be Changed
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Civil rights groups, the Justice Department and the state of Texas have
reached an agreement over the state's voter ID laws. A federal court
ruling last month ordered the law be changed, after finding it
discriminated against African-American and Latino voters. Texas
residents will now be allowed to cast ballots in November's election
even if they have none of the seven identifying documents that the law
had required. This comes less than a week after courts nullified a
similar voter ID law in North Carolina and ordered Wisconsin to expand
its list of valid ID cards and do away with other voting restrictions.
Topics:Voting2016 Election

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