Posted on 08/22/2013 6:10:01 PM PDT by markomalley
The Justice Department on Thursday redoubled its efforts to challenge state voting laws, suing Texas over its new voter ID measure as part of a growing political showdown over electoral rights.
The move marked the latest bid by the Obama administration to counter a Supreme Court ruling that officials have said threatens the voting rights of minorities. It also signaled that the administration will likely take legal action in voting rights cases in other states, including North Carolina, where the governor signed a voter ID law this month.
The Supreme Court in June invalidated a key section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that had forced certain jurisdictions to receive approval from the Justice Department or a federal court before changing their voting laws. The ruling, however, did not preclude the Obama administration from using other sections of the law.
On Thursday, the Justice Department said it would rely on another section of the act to contend that the Texas voter ID measure was “adopted with the purpose, and will have the result, of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race, color, or membership in a language minority group.”
The Texas law sets strict requirements for the types of government-issued photo ID that must be presented at polling places. Texas argues that the requirements are intended to curb voter fraud. The suit filed by Justice says the state “knew or should have known that Hispanic and African-American Texans disproportionately lack the forms of photo ID required” by the law.
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Bring it.
In other words the racist DOJ sues Texas.
If there’s one thing representatives of the Democratic [sic] party hate, it’s honest elections.
Loser pays.
SCOTUS made this a settled issue
Gotta CHEAT!~
Gotta CHEAT!
Gotta CHEAT!
What, can there be any other reason?
> In other words the racist DOJ sues Texas.
Because we’re stopping voter fraud and they can’t have that.
It is high time a state defied the leftist political judges. Texas should tell them they will ignore any judgment, the same way Obama does. What are they going to do? Kick them out of the union?
Mark Levin’s talking about this right now, tonight.
Hey- you can’t pick up your vacation Hold mail at the Post office, without a picture ID.
US Post Office = racist??
Eris Holder is the biggest POS around, next to Obama.
Holder is so full of it.
Texas offered to pay for the IDs.
bump
Holder just wants to tie it up in court until after the Gubernatorial race is over.
DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS!!
how do they buy their beer and cigarettes - hmmmm?
Ah, yes. But do those same groups somehow lack the OPPORTUNITY to obtain the forms of photo ID required by law?
If this were a sincere concern,there would be an all out effort to get photo IDs for these supposedly hapless people who are apparently deprived of getting bank accounts,driver licenses,renting property,getting postal boxes, getting on airplanes, buying smokes, entering colleges,etc.etc. Being disallowed from basic life activities must be more of a burden on them than not getting to vote. A clever tact would be to say that we will make a law that NO photo I.D.can be required for such things as postal boxes,etc. More and more I think we should just pretend to buy into their idiotic premises all the way to spotlight their absurdity.
Dumbasses nobama and holder are making a great campaign ad for Greg Abbott.
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