Jun 26, 2012 · September 23, 2011: Letter from U.S. Department of Justice to Texas Secretary of State regarding submission of S.B. 14 - requesting additional information on Texas voter education …

Aug 22, 2013 · The Department of Justice announced today that it will file a new lawsuit against the State of Texas, the Texas Secretary of State, and the Director of the Texas Department of Public …

Aug 22, 2013 · The Justice Department will now maintain that Texas adopted its voter ID law in 2011 with the express purpose of making it harder for non-English speakers and racial minorities to vote, …

Mar 12, 2012 · The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has refused to clear Texas’ voter ID requirements, passed by the Texas Legislature in 2011. The state and the DOJ have been at odds over the issue …

He brought the weight of his office into Texas after the Supreme Court last year struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act, which had prohibited the state from enacting its voter ID law signed by …

Nov 21, 2016 · DOJ: Texas voter ID law intentionally discriminates The 2016 elections are settled, but the court fight over the 2011 law rages on.

Feb 18, 2025 · In another major reversal on civil rights issues, the Department of Justice under Attorney General Jeff Sessions did an about face on voter ID this week. Just one day before an important …

Jul 6, 2017 · The Department of Justice wants a federal judge to drop efforts to offer remedies to the Texas voter ID law.

Feb 28, 2017 · Texas’ voter ID law was passed in 2011, but put on hold after the Department of Justice intervened. When the Supreme Court limited the scope of the Voting Rights Act in a 2013 decision, …

Jan. 23, 2012: Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott files suit against the U.S Department of Justice in an attempt to have the state’s voter ID law implemented immediately.

Oct 21, 2022 · Texas files a federal suit challenging the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voter Rights Act, which required preclearance from the Department of Justice to enforce the state’s voter ID law.

Feb 27, 2017 · Texas’ voter ID law was passed in 2011, but put on hold after the Justice Department intervened. When the Supreme Court limited the scope of the Voting Rights Act in a 2013 decision, …

Jan 23, 2025 · The complaint alleges that Texas Senate Bill 14 (2011), which is Texas' photo voter identification law, was adopted with the purpose, and will have the result, of denying or abridging the …

Aug 23, 2013 · The DOJ rejected the Texas law [JURIST report] shortly after it came into effect in April 2012, noting that SB 14 would have a disproportionate impact on the state’s Latino voters, and that …

The federal government waded further into the fight over voting-rights laws on Thursday with plans to sue Texas over its voter ID law.

Aug 30, 2012 · Voting rights advocates scored a clear victory today when a federal court rejected Texas’s restrictive voter ID law, which could have hurt hundreds of thousands of minority voters who …

Jul 9, 2012 · The Justice Department in March rejected the Texas law, passed in 2011, using the state’s own statistics to show about 600,000 registered voters there lack a state-issued driver’s license or ...

Feb 27, 2017 · The Republican-led Texas Legislature passed one of the toughest voter ID laws in the country in 2011, requiring voters to show a driver’s license, passport or other government-issued …

Jul 20, 2016 · Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released the following statement today after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Texas’s voter ID law: “I am pleased with today’s decision by …

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