Topic: voter id laws

National Voter I.D. Law Fight Comes to Texas

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While the voter identification laws passed in several states have become a national political debate, the Justice Department blocked Texas's law Monday for extremely local reasons.

By Eric Randall

Feb 7, 2012

South Carolina Sues the Government Over Voter I.D. Law

South Carolina's Attorney General Alan Wilson filed a lawsuit Tuesday after the Justice Department blocked South Carolina's controversial law requiring voters to present a photo I.D.

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By Eric Randall

Dec 23, 2011

The Justice Department Blocks South Carolina's Voter I.D. Law

The Justice Department blocked a South Carolina law that would require voters present photo I.D., saying it would discriminate against minority voters, weighing in today for the first time on one of several new state laws seeking to combat voter fraud.

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