Voter ID bill may be DOA
Kuff has a good post on Sen. Ellis' intent to kill any voter id bills. The only thing I have to add is this: last session, either Time or Newsweek, I forget which, said that the Department of Justice was going to have to investigate any efforts to impose a Voter ID bill in Texas because of our past history of intimidating people of color, specifically with Jim Crow laws.
Labels: Voting Rights
posted by imasuit @ 12:25 PM
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Because of the Voting Rights Act, the DOJ has to approve any changes made to voting legislation or practices in the south (and a few other places), including redistricting and laws like this. As we saw with redistricting, the political appointees will almost certainly streamline this. Don't expect any resistance from the feds.
Good point.
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