Texas legislator testifies about fraud in voter ID lawsuit
Texas state Rep. Jose Aliseda, a Republican, told a three-judge federal panel Monday afternoon, that as a county attorney he encountered mail voter fraud and heard from constituents that they have lost...
View ArticleTexas lawsuit includes differing estimates of voters without ID
Day two of Texas v. Holder is underway and this morning the testimony was all about the numbers. Court resumed with testimony from Thomas Sager, a University of Texas statistician whose studies show...
View ArticleTexas legislators: Reasons behind voter ID bill changed
U.S. Department of Justice witnesses took the stand in the Texas voter ID case Tuesday afternoon to explain their understanding of the motivations behind the law. Texas state Reps. Trey Martinez...
View ArticleSides debate how many voters have ID in Texas lawsuit
Dueling testimony over documents required to obtain a Texas voter ID card marked Day 3 in the dispute that is being heard by a three-judge panel in U.S. District Court, Washington, D.C. Victoria...
View ArticleCoffee Break Ballot, July 11: Current Trends in Voting Rights
Our breathless post yesterday on the rise of #VoterID on Twitter apparently was too early. Combined with mentions today, in 24 hours on social media search engine Topsy.com there were 20,937 mentions....
View ArticleDebate over Texas voter ID law turns to African-American community
The Texas voter ID law’s effect on Latinos has dominated testimony in a Washington, D.C., federal court hearing this week, but Wednesday afternoon the topic switched to the African-American community....
View ArticleFlaws found in voter ID survey used in lawsuit
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R., Texas) made a surprise appearance in the Texas voter ID case Thursday afternoon during cross-examination of the survey expert for the U.S. Department of Justice....
View ArticleSides make closing arguments in Texas voter ID case
After a week of testimony in the Texas voter ID case, a court must now decide whether the state photo ID law would “deny or abridge” minorities’ right to vote. The state began closing arguments Friday...
View ArticleCoffee Break Ballot, July 13: Current Trends in Voting Rights
Today is a day of big reports and big numbers. A widely anticipated report — at least in voting rights reporting and civil liberties circles — from the nonprofit Sentencing Project indicated that up to...
View ArticleTexas v. Holder: Quotes From the D.C. District Courtroom
Even though the federal district court in Washington, D.C. wrapped up with closing arguments in the Texas voter ID case this afternoon, the case is far from over. The three-judge panel is expected to...
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