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Here’s what the March 1 primary taught us about Texas’ new voting law
Posted on · The past election was the first since Texas' controversial new voting law was in effect.
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Posted on · The past election was the first since Texas' controversial new voting law was in effect.
Posted on · The requirement is part of Texas' new voting law, Senate Bill 1. A provision of the law requires that the ID number on the application for a vote-by-mail ballot, as well as the ballot itself, match the ID number a voter used to register to vote.
Posted on · There are no major races in Houston, but the rest of Harris County should check to see what’s on the ballot.
Posted on · The state initially said almost 30,000 registered voters in Harris County might not be citizens. That number was inflated by almost 18,000.
Posted on · Harris County is looking into the list before taking action, while neighboring Galveston County has mailed out citizenship check requests.
Posted on · In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling over the state's political maps, Texas is now trying to eliminate the possibility of a return federal oversight of its election laws as part of the case against the state's voter ID law.
Posted on · “I’m all for Jefferson’s wall of separation between church and state but not if there’s water flowing over it!” – Brandon Rottinghaus, co-host of Party Politics, on churches being allowed to claim reimbursement from FEMA after Harvey.
Posted on · Houston Matters discusses what the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing arguments over today, in the latest phase of the law's long saga in the courts.
Posted on · A federal appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday over the state's recent revisions to its 2011 voter ID law, which federal courts said discriminated against voters of color.
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: The Texas voter ID law is back in the courts. A new survey examines the plight of Harvey victims. We learn about efforts to collect oral histories from Hurricane Harvey. We discuss what's in a new long-term plan for downtown Houston. And Dr. Andy Boyd examines if it's possible for humans to understand everything.
Posted on · The episode where Professor Brandon Rottinghaus makes the case for every roadway in the greater Houston area to be named after Texan players.
Posted on · A federal judge says the measure, passed in June, still falls short of mitigating discrimination in Texas' voter ID law.
Posted on · Texas first passed the voter ID law in 2011.
Posted on · Texas’ new voter identification law fully absolves the state from discriminating against minority voters in 2011, and courts should not take further action in a battle over the state’s old voter ID law, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice argued in a legal filing.
Posted on · Since March, three different Texas voting laws have been struck down by the courts as intentionally discriminatory. And the Texas Legislature recently passed Senate Bill 4, the so-called "sanctuary cities ban," which many immigrants rights' groups are concerned will lead to racial profiling. That string of news got us wondering – is Texas racist? Does […]