From NEWSMAX:
A Texas law requiring voters to show photographic identification before casting a ballot was rejected by a federal court in Washington, marking the second time this week that election rules approved by Republican Governor Rick Perry were found to disenfranchise Hispanic and black citizens.
Thursday’s ruling by a special three-judge panel marks the first time a U.S. court weighed in on the Obama administration’s effort to use the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to block a state from requiring photo ID to vote. Texas is one of eight states that passed such photo ID laws last year.
“Uncontested record evidence conclusively shows that the implicit costs of obtaining SB 14-qualifying ID will fall most heavily on the poor and that a disproportionately high percentage of African Americans and Hispanics in Texas live in poverty,” according to the ruling written by U.S. Circuit Judge David Tatel, who was appointed to the bench by Democratic President Bill Clinton…
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EDITOR: If a federal court says it is a violation of the Voting rights Act of 1965 in Texas and the decision is sustained on appeal, then it is also illegal in Pennsylvania. If nothing else, this enhances the grounds for a stay of the new Pennsylvania law until after the November election.
