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BradBlog

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Fri Aug 23, 2013, 03:55 PM Aug 2013

TX Repub AG Defrauds TX on 'Voter Fraud' in Response to DoJ Lawsuit Against Polling Place Photo ID [View all]



Texas AG Defrauds Texas in Response to DoJ Lawsuit Against Polling Place Photo ID Law

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice sued the state of Texas under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The complaint was filed in hopes of blocking the state's polling place Photo ID restriction law, newly re-enacted by TX Attorney General Greg Abbott just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the very heart of the VRA (the Section 4 formula used to determine jurisdictions covered by its Section 5 preclearance requirements for new voting laws) last June.

How did the TX AG respond to the DoJ suit on his website yesterday? You gotta see it to believe it…

FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10204
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