For Second Time, Federal Judge Finds Texas Is Violating Voter Registration Law

A federal judge found Texas is “legally obligated” to allow voters to simultaneously register to vote with every driver’s license renewal or change-of-address application, and ordered the state to set up a “fully operable” online system by Sept. 23. Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune

Thu, 09/17/2020 - 5:00am

A persistent Texas voter, twice thwarted when he tried registering to vote while renewing his driver’s license online, has for the second time convinced a federal judge that the state is violating federal law. In a 68-page ruling Friday August 28th, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia of San Antonio found that ...

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