Challenge to Texas Voter ID Law Should be Over, AG Argues
Style Magazine Newswire | 10/20/2017, 11:12 a.m.
Source: expressnews.com
Attorney General Ken Paxton argued in a new court document filed, has expected a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals calling for the judges to end a challenge to the state’s new voter ID law for good. In his 101-page document, the Republican argued that because the state has already added new exceptions to the law to allow people who have a reasonable impediment to getting an ID to vote, the case should be officially concluded. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has scheduled a hearing on the state’s voter ID law for the first week of December in New Orleans. Since 2011, when the Texas Legislature first passed new laws requiring voter to present an ID to vote, the law has been under challenge from critics who have argued that it hurts people without IDs, particularly minority voters. Supporters of the ID laws say they are needed to help protect against voter fraud.
