October 16, 2014      5:21 PM
Abbott responds in Voter ID case at the Supreme Court
AG points to Wisconsin, North Carolina and Ohio cases for precedent
Per the Associated
Press:
“Republican Texas Attorney
General Greg Abbott is urging the U.S.
Supreme Court to keep the state's voter ID law in place with early
voting starting next week.
Abbott reminded the court
Thursday in a lengthy briefing that it has recently blocked rulings in
Wisconsin, North Carolina and Ohio that also sought to change state voting
procedures so close to Election Day. Democrats and minority
rights groups challenging the Texas law want the high court to enforce a
federal judge's decision last week that the state's voter ID law
unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos of Corpus Christi said the law
passed in 2011 amounted to a poll tax.
But a federal appeals
court Tuesday ruled that Texas could continue enforcing voter ID for this
election.”
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