[EL] DOJ complaint/Sensenbrenner statement

[Rick Hasen]

    Read the DOJ Complaint Against Texas
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54724>

Posted on August 22, 2013 3:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54724> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here <http://t.co/CInR3ljaSA>.

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    Rep. Sensenbrenner Issues Comment Regretting DOJ Suit on Voter ID
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54722>

Posted on August 22, 2013 3:03 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54722> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This 
<http://sensenbrenner.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=346539>, 
from the Republican Democrats have been counting on to try to push a 
legislative fix after the /Shelby County/ decision:

    *Congressman Sensenbrenner:* "I regret that the Department of
    Justice announced its intent to file a lawsuit against Texas' Voter
    ID law citing Section 2 to the Voting Rights Act.  The Texas
    legislature passed Voter ID, and Governor Perry signed this
    legislation into law in 2011.  Voter ID laws are an essential
    element in protecting the integrity of our electoral process and do
    not have a discriminatory intent or effect.

    "I spoke with Attorney General Holder today and requested that he
    withdraw his Section 2 lawsuit until there can be a legislative fix
    of the Voting Rights Act.  The lawsuit would make it much more
    difficult to pass a bipartisan fix to restore the heart of the VRA
    that the Supreme Court struck down earlier this year."

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