[net-gold] POLITICS: ELECTIONS AND ELECTION CAMPAIGNS: VOTER SUPPRESSION : UNITED STATES: POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY, TEA PARTY : INDUSTRIES: PETROLEUM INDUSTRY : POLITICS : POLITICS: PRESSURE GROUPS: AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL (ALEC) : LAW: CASE: DECISIONS : UNITED STATES: GOVERNMENT: COURTS: SUPREME COURT : UNITED STATES: STATES: TEXAS, WISCONSIN: Latina Judge Strikes Down TX Voter ID, Blasts History of 'Discrimination'
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- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:25:53 -0400 (EDT)
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Latina Judge Strikes Down TX Voter ID, Blasts History of 'Discrimination'
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Latina Judge Strikes Down TX Voter ID, Blasts History of 'Discrimination'
By Sandra Lilley
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latina-judge-strikes-
down-tx-voter-id-blasts-history-discrimination-n222876
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/loumpwx
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A Texas-born and raised Latina federal judge, Nelva Gonzalez Ramos, did
not just block a Republican-sponsored state voter ID law, she equated it
to laws enacted by states after slavery was abolished to ensure blacks
could not vote.
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"The Court holds that SB 14 creates an unconstitutional burden on the
right to vote, has an impermissible discriminatory effect against
Hispanics and African-Americans, and was imposed with an unconstitutional
discriminatory purpose," Gonzalez Ramos stated in her lengthy ruling
issued Thursday. "The Court further holds that SB 14 constitutes an
unconstitutional poll tax."
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After slaves were freed and black Americans began to win elected office,
laws requiring black Americans to pay a fee to vote or to pass literacy
tests began to be enacted. Similar tactics were used in the Southwest
against Mexican Americans.
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Texas' strict voter ID law, passed by the Republican-led Legislature in
2011, only accepts certain forms of photo ID and does not allow other
commonly used ones. It does not allow college student photo IDs, for
example, but allows gun permits as identification.
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The law would have made it extremely difficult for Texas Latinos such as
18-year-old twins Nicole and Victoria Rodriguez to vote, as groups argued
in 2013. The young women at the time did not have driver's licenses since
their parents could not afford car insurance, yet they had valid Texas
birth certificates, high school IDs and Social Security identification.
Still, they would not have been allowed to vote unless they traveled to a
state office to get a special photo ID issued by the Department of Public
Safety. Voting experts have pointed out the long distances and restricted
hours of these state offices, which make obtaining the ID difficult for
lower-income residents without cars as well as older voters.
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The Justice Department filed a suit against the law. Voting rights experts
argued in court that Texas Latino voters were 195 percent less likely to
have the required photo ID than white voters, for black voters it was 305
percent.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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