Us Judge Finds Texas Voter Id Law Was Intended To Discriminate Austin, texas — texas’ strict voter id law discriminates against minorities and the poor and must be weakened before the november elections, a federal appeals court ruled wednesday,. Judge nelva gonzales ramos, of the united states district court for the southern district of texas, ruled monday that in 2011, lawmakers passed a voter id law with intent to discriminate against black and latino voters.
Appeals Court Strikes Down Discriminatory Texas Voter Id Law Newsweek A federal court judge ruled that a texas voter id law was passed with the intent to discriminate against minorities, violating the voting rights act. Texas’ voter identification law violates the u.s. law prohibiting racial discrimination in elections, a federal appeals court ruled wednesday. The latest voter id ruling by u.s. district judge nelva gonzales ramos of corpus christi comes more than two years after she likened the ballot box rules in texas, known as sb 14, to a “poll tax” meant to suppress minority voters. Corpus christi, tx – a u.s. district court judge ruled today that texas passed its 2011 voter id law with the intent to discriminate against minority voters. this is a victory for civil rights groups and voting advocates who had been fighting the strict bill for years.
A Federal Judge Ruled That A Texas Voter Id Law Was Intentionally The latest voter id ruling by u.s. district judge nelva gonzales ramos of corpus christi comes more than two years after she likened the ballot box rules in texas, known as sb 14, to a “poll tax” meant to suppress minority voters. Corpus christi, tx – a u.s. district court judge ruled today that texas passed its 2011 voter id law with the intent to discriminate against minority voters. this is a victory for civil rights groups and voting advocates who had been fighting the strict bill for years. A federal judge in san antonio has ruled that the state of texas' id requirements for mail ballot applications are unconstitutional. Texas's voter id law, sb14, requires voters in the lone star state to present one of several approved forms of identification before they cast a ballot. civil rights advocates argued that the law would disenfranchise tens of thousands of texan voters, primarily african americans and latinos. Veasey v abbott no. 14 41127, 2016 wl 3923868 (5th cir. july 20, 2016)a us federal court has handed civil rights groups a crucial win ahead of this year's presidential election after ruling that texas’ restrictive voting legislation has a discriminatory effect on hispanic and african american voters. the 2011 law requires voters to produce one of a limited number of forms of identification. A federal district court in texas on monday ruled that texas’ strict voter id law “was passed with a discriminatory purpose in violation of section 2 of the voting rights act.” it was the fifth time a federal court ruled against the law.
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