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Supreme Court Lets Texas Use New Voter ID Law in Nov. Election

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texas?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1413649591290iStock/Thinkstock(AUSTIN, Texas) — The Supreme Court will now allow Texas to use its controversial new voter ID law for the November election.

The high court rejected a request from the Justice Department and civil rights groups to prohibit the state from requiring voters to produce photo IDs in order to cast ballots.

Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement, “It is a major step backward to let stand a law that a federal court, after a lengthy trial, has determined was designed to discriminate. It is true we are close to an election, but the outcome here that would be least confusing to voters is the one that allowed the most people to vote lawfully.”

Early voting in Texas begins Monday.


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