federal court overturns law and texas to appeal to scotus
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — On Election Day in Texas, the mere act of voting would have been fresh flexing of Republican power: Show a photo ID, then cast a ballot in a political district likely drawn to favor GOP candidates.
The script has changed, though, with two federal courts sizing it up as minority discrimination.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry and party leaders returned from an upbeat Republican National Conventionon Friday faced with the weightier task of trying to save two signature legislative pieces: a voter IDlaw that judges called the nation's most stringent and a redistricting map that fortifies GOP power for the next decade — at a time when the rate of a booming Hispanic population is coming into sharp focus.
In back-to-back blows this week, a pair of Washington federal courts ruled that both plans ran afoul of the Voting Rights Act. State prosecutors filed notice of appeal Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court, where they predict victory.
http://news.yahoo.com/texas-save-discriminatory-voter-id-maps-225713670.html
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — On Election Day in Texas, the mere act of voting would have been fresh flexing of Republican power: Show a photo ID, then cast a ballot in a political district likely drawn to favor GOP candidates.
The script has changed, though, with two federal courts sizing it up as minority discrimination.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry and party leaders returned from an upbeat Republican National Conventionon Friday faced with the weightier task of trying to save two signature legislative pieces: a voter IDlaw that judges called the nation's most stringent and a redistricting map that fortifies GOP power for the next decade — at a time when the rate of a booming Hispanic population is coming into sharp focus.
In back-to-back blows this week, a pair of Washington federal courts ruled that both plans ran afoul of the Voting Rights Act. State prosecutors filed notice of appeal Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court, where they predict victory.
http://news.yahoo.com/texas-save-discriminatory-voter-id-maps-225713670.html
