[EL] Breaking News: Texas voter id decided

[Rick Hasen]

    Breaking News: Federal Court Holds Texas Voter ID Law Violates
    Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39379>

Posted on August 30, 2012 8:59 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39379> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You can read the unanimous 56-page opinion by Judge Tatel at this link. 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/texas-voter-id.pdf>

The court has put in a scheduling order to address at a later date 
whether section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional.

[This post will be updated with analysis soon.]

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