Video: Looking to Avoid Confusion Over Voter ID Shuffle
Texas' voter ID law is in effect for the Nov. 4 general election. Election workers are working to help ensure there is no confusion as voters head to the polls. Full Story
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Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court to Block Voter ID
Texas plaintiffs on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block use of the state's voter photo ID law in November's election. Full Story
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Appeals Court: Texas Should Implement Voter ID Law for 2014 Election
Texas should require photo voter identification in this year’s general election, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, overturning an earlier ruling by a federal district judge in Texas. Full Story
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Opponents of Voter ID Law Ask Court to Deny Stay
Attorneys challenging the state’s voter ID law — which was struck down by a federal judge on Thursday — asked a federal appeals court on Sunday not to allow the state to enforce the law. Full Story
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After Voter ID Ruling, Appeals Race Begins
A federal ruling that Texas' strict voter ID law discriminates against minority voters has kicked off a rapid-fire legal race over whether photo identification will be required on Election Day this November. Full Story
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Judge Rules Texas Voter ID Law Unconstitutional
Less than two weeks before the start of early voting, a federal judge ruled the state’s photo voter ID law unconstitutional late Thursday and ordered state officials to drop the new requirements. Full Story
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Criminal Appeals Court Judge Sues State Over Voter ID Law
While a federal judge in Corpus Christi mulls whether the state's requirement to show photo ID to cast a ballot violates the Voting Rights Act, a judge on the highest criminal appeals court in Texas has sued the state over its voter ID law. Full Story
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Federal Judge Hears Closing Arguments in Texas Voter ID Trial
Texas' voter ID law was designed to thwart emerging minority voting power in the state and should be dropped, attorneys for the law's opponents said during closing arguments in a federal court on Monday. Full Story
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Analysis: The Voter ID You Won't Need to Show When You're at the Polls
The only identification that you have that says you are, in fact, a registered voter is the one ID you do not need when you go cast a vote. Full Story
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Senator: State Not Moving to Make Voter IDs Available
Texas Senate Democrats say their request for more mobile units on Texas streets to give voters without an acceptable photo ID a chance to get one before November's election have been virtually ignored. Full Story
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Democratic Lawmakers Ask For More Mobile Voter ID Units
Members of the Senate Democratic Caucus, concerned over the low number of residents eligible to vote who have no photo indentification to do so have asked Secretary of State Nandita Berry to work on making mobile ID units more available between now and November. Full Story
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Testimony Begins in Trial Over State's Voter ID Law
In a trial that's expected to last two weeks, plaintiff's lawyers are arguing that Texas' voter ID law is designed to neutralize the voting power of Texas’ growing minority population. But lawyers with the AG's office say that the law is focused on stamping out fraud. Full Story
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Texas Voter ID Law Trial Begins in Corpus Christi
The three-year-old Texas voter ID law heads to federal court on Tuesday, where a judge will determine whether the measure requiring voters to present photo identification at polling places is unfair to minority voters. Full Story
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Elections Officials See Few Voter ID Issues During Early Voting
Elections officials across the state said that voter ID was hardly an issue during the 11-day early voting period that led up to Tuesday’s primary. But opponents say the law has already disenfranchised voters. Full Story
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UT/TT Poll: Texans Split on Immigration Overhaul
A slight majority of Texas registered voters would support an overhaul of federal immigration law that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the U.S., according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story
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Civil Rights Group Criticizes Texas Voter Registration Process
Lax enforcement, lacking leadership by state election officials and faulty voter registration procedures led to the disenfranchisement of thousands of Texans in 2012, according to a report released on Monday. Full Story
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Branch Focuses on Voter ID Fight in New Web Ad
In a new web video, attorney general candidate Dan Branch focuses on protecting the state's elections laws, concluding with a pledge to "stop Obama's Department of Justice from overturning our Texas voter ID law." Full Story
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Thousands of Affidavits, but Officials Report Few Problems With Voter ID
Officials say Tuesday's election proceeded smoothly despite controversy surrounding the newly implemented voter ID law, but some worry that could change in coming elections with increased voter turnout. Full Story
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Could Name Changes Cause Voter ID Issues? Election Officials Say No
Some recent media reports have raised concerns that the state's new voter ID law could disenfranchise people who have legally changed their names. But election officials say protocols are in place for cases in which the name on a person's ID is not identical to his or her legal name. Full Story
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As Early Voting Begins, Eyes on Voter ID
Much of the attention in this year's November elections has focused on Proposition 6, a water infrastructure initiative. But some are watching the mechanics of the election to find out how a newly implemented voter ID law affects voters. Full Story
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