Brennan Center: Texas Photo ID Law Blocks Legitimate Voters

[ashling]

https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/texas-photo-id-law-blocks-legitimate-voters

In 2011, Texas passed one of the nation’s strictest photo ID laws. After a series of court challenges, a federal judge struck down the measure in October 2014, finding 600,000 registered voters lacked the ID now needed to vote. The requirement, the judge ruled, makes it harder for minorities to vote, was enacted to intentionally discriminate against minorities, and unconstitutionally burdens the right to vote.

The Supreme Court, however, allowed Texas’s photo ID law to remain in place for the November 2014 election — and voters paid the consequences. Unprotected by the courts, the photo ID requirement left many confused and prevented several from voting entirely.

In the lead up to the oral argument in the appeal of the Texas photo ID decision — scheduled for April 28 — the Brennan Center will be releasing a series of stories from actual voters affected by the law in the 2014 general election. This is part one in that series. Initials are used for voters who wish to remain anonymous.

[Gothmog]

1. This is another great report prepared by the Brennan Center

This is being released just before oral arguments before the 5th Circuit in voter id case

[They_Live]

2. 600,000 voters?

What percentage is that of the total that actually did cast a vote?