A day after handing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit handed Texas a startling defeat over its voter ID because it discriminates against minority voters, a trial judge assigned to the case gave the state its marching orders: Come up with a plan that allows those without the proper papers to vote before the Nov. 8 presidential election.
The 9-6 en banc decision in Veasey v. Abbott on July 21 found that the law has a disproportionate impact on African-American and Latino voters. And when the case was returned to U.S. District Court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos of Corpus Christi, she ordered the parties in the case on July 22 to address the discriminatory effects of SB 14, the law that requires voters to present a government-issued photo ID before they can cast a ballot.
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