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<h1> <span><a class="plain" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/tribpedia/">Tribpedia</a>:</span> <a class="plain" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/tribpedia/voter-id/">Voter ID</a> </h1> </header> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-12"> <nav class="pagination"> <ul class="pagination"><li class="disabled"><span class="disabled prev"><span>&lsaquo;</span> previous</span></li><li><span class="current page">1</span></li><li><a href="?page=2" class="page">2</a></li><li><a href="?page=3" class="page">3</a></li><li><a href="?page=4" class="page">4</a></li><li><a href="?page=5" class="page">5</a></li><li><a href="?page=6" class="page">6</a></li><li class="last"><a href="?page=2" class="next">next <span>&rsaquo;</span></a></li></ul> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="grid"> <article> <div class="cell w-12 content"> <p><div id="wikipage" class="wikistyle box"> <div id="wikipage-inner"> <p>After six years and three legislative sessions of sharp debate divided along party lines, the Texas Legislature passed a law in 2011 that required voters to show a photo ID in order to vote. The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/03/23/2945555/texas-house-passes-voter-id-bill.html">House passed its version</a> in March, 101-48. After differences between the Senate and House versions were ironed out, both chambers approved the final version, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/Text.aspx?LegSess=82R&Bill=SB14">SB ...</a></p></div></div></p> <a class="permalink" href="about/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Read More</a> </div> </article> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-12"> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/02/voting-rights-bill-would-address-not-invalidate-tx/">Voting Rights Bill Would Address, Not Invalidate TX Law</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Dean DeChiaro, Medill News Service </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 2 Jul 2015 16:18:00 -0500" title="2015-07-02 16:18"> July 2, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/02/voting-rights-bill-would-address-not-invalidate-tx/comments/"><span class="value">22</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/02/voting-rights-bill-would-address-not-invalidate-tx/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p class="BodyA">WASHINGTON — A voting rights bill introduced in Congress last week would subject Texas elections to new levels of federal scrutiny, but it would not invalidate the state’s controversial 2011 voter photo ID law that helped inspire it.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/02/voting-rights-bill-would-address-not-invalidate-tx/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_1"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/28/fed-judge-legislature-why-not-tweak-voter-id-law/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/04/TCVoting013_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Travis County residents line up to vote at Austin's Highland Mall on Nov. 4, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/04/TCVoting013_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Travis County residents line up to vote at Austin's Highland Mall on Nov. 4, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Travis County residents line up to vote at Austin's Highland Mall on Nov. 4, 2014.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/28/fed-judge-legislature-why-not-tweak-voter-id-law/">Judge: Why Didn't Lawmakers Address Voter ID Concerns?</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:20:19 -0500" title="2015-04-28 14:20"> April 28, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/28/fed-judge-legislature-why-not-tweak-voter-id-law/comments/"><span class="value">57</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>A Republican-appointed federal appellate judge on Tuesday questioned why the Texas Legislature had not addressed concerns that its four-year-old voter ID law discriminated against minority voters.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/28/fed-judge-legislature-why-not-tweak-voter-id-law/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/10/analysis-voters-who-disappeared/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/05/22/TexTrib-BALLOTS-005_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/05/22/TexTrib-BALLOTS-005_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Charlie Pearce</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/10/analysis-voters-who-disappeared/">Analysis: The Voters Who Disappeared</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 10 Nov 2014 06:00:00 -0600" title="2014-11-10 06:00"> Nov. 10, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/10/analysis-voters-who-disappeared/comments/"><span class="value">23</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Thousands of Texans who voted in 2010 did not come back to do it again in 2014, and most of those voted for the Democratic candidate for governor four years ago. Some Democrats blame voter ID laws, but even if those voters had all come back and voted for the Democrats again, the Republicans in statewide races would have prevailed.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/10/analysis-voters-who-disappeared/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/28/uttt-poll-texans-favor-voter-id-3-1-margin/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/27/UT-TT-Polls-102214.007_2_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/27/UT-TT-Polls-102214.007_2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Graphic by Emily Albracht</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/28/uttt-poll-texans-favor-voter-id-3-1-margin/">UT/TT Poll: Texans Favor Voter ID by 3-to-1 Margin</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:00:00 -0500" title="2014-10-28 06:00"> Oct. 28, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/28/uttt-poll-texans-favor-voter-id-3-1-margin/comments/"><span class="value">108</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span><span>Requiring voters to show a photo ID has proved controversial in the federal courts, but the law is popular with Texas voters, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. </span>Texas voters favor it by a 3-to-1 margin, even though 38 percent say it decreases voter turnout.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/28/uttt-poll-texans-favor-voter-id-3-1-margin/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_4"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/24/analysis-missing-piece-voter-id-debate/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/02/28/TXTrib-EarlyVote-CCR005_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Vote signs outside early voting locations in Austin on Feb. 23, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/02/28/TXTrib-EarlyVote-CCR005_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Vote signs outside early voting locations in Austin on Feb. 23, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Callie Richmond</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Vote signs outside early voting locations in Austin on Feb. 23, 2014.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/24/analysis-missing-piece-voter-id-debate/">Analysis: A Missing Piece in the Voter ID Debate</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 24 Oct 2014 06:00:00 -0500" title="2014-10-24 06:00"> Oct. 24, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/24/analysis-missing-piece-voter-id-debate/comments/"><span class="value">148</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>State leaders asked for and received a study that said the voter photo ID law would leave more than a half-million voters without required state-issued IDs. But they didn't tell most legislators about it, according to a federal judge's findings. And recent court rulings put that law into a strange place: It is simultaneously enforceable and unconstitutional.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/24/analysis-missing-piece-voter-id-debate/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_5"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/20/analysis-behind-voter-id-federal-pre-clearance/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/WhiteHouse-TexasCapitol_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/WhiteHouse-TexasCapitol_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Trevor McGoldrick / Lotus Carroll</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/20/analysis-behind-voter-id-federal-pre-clearance/">Analysis: Behind Voter ID, Federal Pre-Clearance</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 20 Oct 2014 06:00:00 -0500" title="2014-10-20 06:00"> Oct. 20, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/20/analysis-behind-voter-id-federal-pre-clearance/comments/"><span class="value">35</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Woven into the recent federal ruling that found the state's voter photo ID law unconstitutional is a bigger question for Texas lawmakers — whether the state should have to seek federal permission when it changes election and voting laws. That requirement was recently lifted by the U.S. Supreme Court, but it can be reinstated when states discriminate against minorities.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/20/analysis-behind-voter-id-federal-pre-clearance/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_6"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/19/inside-texas-politics-tis-season-start-voting/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/19/RossInsideOct18_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Texas Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey on WFAA-TV's "Inside Texas Politics" on Oct. 19, 2014, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/19/RossInsideOct18_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Texas Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey on WFAA-TV's "Inside Texas Politics" on Oct. 19, 2014, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by WFAA</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Texas Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey on WFAA-TV's "Inside Texas Politics" on Oct. 19, 2014, 2014.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/19/inside-texas-politics-tis-season-start-voting/">Inside Texas Politics: 'Tis The Season to Start Voting</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/john-jordan/">John Jordan</a></li><li><time datetime="Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:22:49 -0500" title="2014-10-19 13:22"> Oct. 19, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/19/inside-texas-politics-tis-season-start-voting/comments/"><span class="value">19</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>With the early voting  starting tomorrow, </span><span>this week's edition of </span><span>WFAA-TV's </span><em>Inside Texas Politics </em><span>with host David Schechter, the </span><em>Fort Worth Star-Telegram</em><span>'s Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross</span><span> Ramsey has a decidedly electoral slant. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/19/inside-texas-politics-tis-season-start-voting/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_7"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/18/us-supreme-court-texas-can-enforce-voter-id/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/18/us-supreme-court-texas-can-enforce-voter-id/">U.S. Supreme Court: Texas Can Enforce Voter ID Law</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/aman-batheja/">Aman Batheja</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 18 Oct 2014 08:42:19 -0500" title="2014-10-18 08:42"> Oct. 18, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/18/us-supreme-court-texas-can-enforce-voter-id/comments/"><span class="value">77</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>The U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion Saturday morning removing the last </span><span>traces of uncertainty over whether voter ID can be enforced in the upcoming elections.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/18/us-supreme-court-texas-can-enforce-voter-id/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_8"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/16/-newsreel-ebola-voter-id-abortion/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/101614_Newsreel_Still_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/101614_Newsreel_Still_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/16/-newsreel-ebola-voter-id-abortion/"> Newsreel: Ebola, Voter ID, Abortion</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/justin-dehn/">Justin Dehn</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:33:35 -0500" title="2014-10-16 14:33"> Oct. 16, 2014 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <span class="txweekly-icon"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/common/images/txweekly-summary-icon.png" alt="Texas Weekly" title="Texas Weekly"> </span> <p>This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: Ebola has become a big political story this October, the back and forth on the state's voter ID law continues just days before voting starts, and the U.S. Supreme Court says Texas abortion clinics should remain open while courts consider the lawsuits challenging that state law.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/16/-newsreel-ebola-voter-id-abortion/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_9"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/16/video-voter-id-shuffle-causes-confusion/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/elecID_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/elecID_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/16/video-voter-id-shuffle-causes-confusion/">Video: Looking to Avoid Confusion Over Voter ID Shuffle</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/rocha-alana/">Alana Rocha</a> and <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/justin-dehn/">Justin Dehn</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:18:36 -0500" title="2014-10-16 11:18"> Oct. 16, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/16/video-voter-id-shuffle-causes-confusion/comments/"><span class="value">30</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Texas' voter ID law </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/14/judges-texas-should-use-voter-id-current-election/" target="_blank">is in effect</a><span> for the Nov. 4 general election. Election workers are working to help ensure there is no confusion as voters head to the polls.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/16/video-voter-id-shuffle-causes-confusion/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_10"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/15/plaintiffs-ask-supreme-court-block-voter-id/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/15/plaintiffs-ask-supreme-court-block-voter-id/">Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court to Block Voter ID</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:11:20 -0500" title="2014-10-15 10:11"> Oct. 15, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/15/plaintiffs-ask-supreme-court-block-voter-id/comments/"><span class="value">45</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Texas plaintiffs on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block use of the state's voter photo ID law in the upcoming general election. They are appealing Tuesday's appellate court order to leave the law in place for the elections that begin next week.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/15/plaintiffs-ask-supreme-court-block-voter-id/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_11"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/14/judges-texas-should-use-voter-id-current-election/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/14/judges-texas-should-use-voter-id-current-election/">Judges: Texas Should Use Voter ID in Current Election</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:35:01 -0500" title="2014-10-14 16:35"> Oct. 14, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/14/judges-texas-should-use-voter-id-current-election/comments/"><span class="value">55</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Texas should require photo voter identification in this year’s general election, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, overturning an earlier ruling by a federal district judge in Texas.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/14/judges-texas-should-use-voter-id-current-election/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_12"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/12/voter-id-plaintiffs-ask-5th-circuit-not-stay-rulin/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/12/voter-id-plaintiffs-ask-5th-circuit-not-stay-rulin/">Opponents of Voter ID Law Ask Court to Deny Stay</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:47:22 -0500" title="2014-10-12 18:47"> Oct. 12, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/12/voter-id-plaintiffs-ask-5th-circuit-not-stay-rulin/comments/"><span class="value">32</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Attorneys challenging the state’s voter ID law — which was struck down by a federal judge on Thursday — asked a federal appeals court on Sunday not to allow the state to enforce the law.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/12/voter-id-plaintiffs-ask-5th-circuit-not-stay-rulin/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_13"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/11/voter-id-ruling-appeals-race-begins/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/11/voter-id-ruling-appeals-race-begins/">After Voter ID Ruling, Appeals Race Begins</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:33:41 -0500" title="2014-10-11 10:33"> Oct. 11, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/11/voter-id-ruling-appeals-race-begins/comments/"><span class="value">32</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>A federal <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/09/federal-judge-rules-texas-voter-id-law-unconstitut/">ruling</a> that Texas' strict voter ID law discriminates against minority voters has kicked off a rapid-fire legal race over whether photo identification will be required on Election Day this November, according to legal experts. "It gets very tricky now that we're so close to the election," said Joseph Fishkin, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/11/voter-id-ruling-appeals-race-begins/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_14"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/09/federal-judge-rules-texas-voter-id-law-unconstitut/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/09/federal-judge-rules-texas-voter-id-law-unconstitut/">Federal Judge: Texas Voter ID Law Unconstitutional</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 9 Oct 2014 20:58:12 -0500" title="2014-10-09 20:58"> Oct. 9, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/09/federal-judge-rules-texas-voter-id-law-unconstitut/comments/"><span class="value">95</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Less than two weeks before the start of early voting, a federal judge ruled the state’s photo voter ID law unconstitutional late Thursday and ordered state officials to drop the new requirements.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/09/federal-judge-rules-texas-voter-id-law-unconstitut/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_15"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/02/criminal-appeals-court-judge-files-voter-id-lawsui/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/12/19/TxTrib-Meyers02_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/12/19/TxTrib-Meyers02_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Rodger Mallison / Fort Worth Star-Telegram</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/02/criminal-appeals-court-judge-files-voter-id-lawsui/">Criminal Appeals Court Judge Files Suit Over Voter ID</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 2 Oct 2014 11:17:29 -0500" title="2014-10-02 11:17"> Oct. 2, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/02/criminal-appeals-court-judge-files-voter-id-lawsui/comments/"><span class="value">48</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>While a federal judge in Corpus Christi <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/22/texas-voter-id-trial-goes-judge/">mulls</a> whether the state's requirement to show photo ID to cast a ballot violates the Voting Rights Act, a judge on the highest criminal appeals court in Texas has sued the state over its voter ID law.</p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/02/criminal-appeals-court-judge-files-voter-id-lawsui/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_16"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/22/texas-voter-id-trial-goes-judge/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/04/elecID_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="This is a sample Texas Election Identification Certificate, available for those voters who do not have an acceptable form of photo ID such as a driver's license or a U.S. passport."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/04/elecID_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="This is a sample Texas Election Identification Certificate, available for those voters who do not have an acceptable form of photo ID such as a driver's license or a U.S. passport." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Texas Department of Public Safety </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">This is a sample Texas Election Identification Certificate, available for those voters who do not have an acceptable form of photo ID such as a driver's license or a U.S. passport.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/22/texas-voter-id-trial-goes-judge/">Federal Judge Hears Closing Arguments in Voter ID Trial</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:57:19 -0500" title="2014-09-22 16:57"> Sept. 22, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/22/texas-voter-id-trial-goes-judge/comments/"><span class="value">58</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/22/texas-voter-id-trial-goes-judge/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_17"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/16/analysis-voter-id-you-wont-need-polls/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/15/VoterRegistration-ID_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/16/analysis-voter-id-you-wont-need-polls/">Analysis: The Voter ID You Won't Need at the Polls</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 16 Sep 2014 06:00:00 -0500" title="2014-09-16 06:00"> Sept. 16, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/16/analysis-voter-id-you-wont-need-polls/comments/"><span class="value">39</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>The only identification that you have that says you are, in fact, a registered voter is the one ID you do not need when you go cast a vote. The state's photo voter ID law requires voters to carry any of seven types of identification, but a voter registration card is unnecessary.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/16/analysis-voter-id-you-wont-need-polls/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_18"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/10/senator-says-sos-dps-not-moving-make-voter-ids-ava/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/04/elecID_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="This is a sample Texas Election Identification Certificate, available for those voters who do not have an acceptable form of photo ID such as a driver's license or a U.S. passport."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/04/elecID_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="This is a sample Texas Election Identification Certificate, available for those voters who do not have an acceptable form of photo ID such as a driver's license or a U.S. passport." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Texas Department of Public Safety </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">This is a sample Texas Election Identification Certificate, available for those voters who do not have an acceptable form of photo ID such as a driver's license or a U.S. passport.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/10/senator-says-sos-dps-not-moving-make-voter-ids-ava/">Senator: State Not Moving to Make Voter IDs Available</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 10 Sep 2014 07:06:38 -0500" title="2014-09-10 07:06"> Sept. 10, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/10/senator-says-sos-dps-not-moving-make-voter-ids-ava/comments/"><span class="value">44</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>More than a week ago, Texas Senate Democrats told Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry they wanted her office to get more mobile units on Texas streets to give voters without an acceptable photo ID a chance to get one before November's election. </span>One week later, there's been no movement to do so, says state Sen. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/kirk-watson/">Kirk Watson</a>, D-Austin.</p> <p> </p> <p><span> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/10/senator-says-sos-dps-not-moving-make-voter-ids-ava/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_19"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/04/dem-lawmakers-push-more-mobile-voter-id-units/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/04/elecID_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="This is a sample Texas Election Identification Certificate, available for those voters who do not have an acceptable form of photo ID such as a driver's license or a U.S. passport."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/04/elecID_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="This is a sample Texas Election Identification Certificate, available for those voters who do not have an acceptable form of photo ID such as a driver's license or a U.S. passport." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Texas Department of Public Safety </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">This is a sample Texas Election Identification Certificate, available for those voters who do not have an acceptable form of photo ID such as a driver's license or a U.S. passport.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/04/dem-lawmakers-push-more-mobile-voter-id-units/">Democratic Lawmakers Ask For More Mobile Voter ID Units</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 4 Sep 2014 15:13:22 -0500" title="2014-09-04 15:13"> Sept. 4, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/04/dem-lawmakers-push-more-mobile-voter-id-units/comments/"><span class="value">19</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Members of the</span><span> Senate Democratic Caucus</span><span>, concerned over the low number of residents eligible to vote who have no photo indentification to do so have asked Secretary of State </span><span>Nandita Berry to work on making mobile ID units more available between now and November.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/04/dem-lawmakers-push-more-mobile-voter-id-units/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_20"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/02/texas-voter-id-case-first-national-test/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/MustShowIDToVote_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/MustShowIDToVote_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/02/texas-voter-id-case-first-national-test/">Testimony Begins in Trial Over Texas Voter ID Law</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 2 Sep 2014 17:01:13 -0500" title="2014-09-02 17:01"> Sept. 2, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/02/texas-voter-id-case-first-national-test/comments/"><span class="value">40</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>In a trial that's expected to last two weeks, plaintiff's lawyers are a</span><span>rguing that Texas' voter ID law is designed to neutralize the voting power of Texas’ growing minority population. But lawyers with the AG's office say that the law is focused on stamping out fraud.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/02/texas-voter-id-case-first-national-test/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_21"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/02/texas-voter-id-law-hits-federal-court-tuesday/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/MustShowIDToVote_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/MustShowIDToVote_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/02/texas-voter-id-law-hits-federal-court-tuesday/">Texas Voter ID Law Trial Begins in Corpus Christi</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Christine Ayala and <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 2 Sep 2014 06:00:00 -0500" title="2014-09-02 06:00"> Sept. 2, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/02/texas-voter-id-law-hits-federal-court-tuesday/comments/"><span class="value">59</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p dir="ltr">The three-year-old Texas voter ID law heads to federal court on Tuesday, where a judge will determine whether the measure requiring voters to present photo identification at polling places is unfair to minority voters.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/02/texas-voter-id-law-hits-federal-court-tuesday/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_22"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/03/04/tuesdays-election-accurate-gauge-voter-id/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/08/30/Voter-ID---Valley_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/08/30/Voter-ID---Valley_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Julian Aguilar</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/03/04/tuesdays-election-accurate-gauge-voter-id/">Officials See Few Voter ID Issues During Early Voting</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 4 Mar 2014 21:27:55 -0600" title="2014-03-04 21:27"> March 4, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/03/04/tuesdays-election-accurate-gauge-voter-id/comments/"><span class="value">4</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Elections officials across the state said that voter ID was hardly an issue during the 11-day early voting period that led up to Tuesday’s primary. But opponents say the law has already disenfranchised voters.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/03/04/tuesdays-election-accurate-gauge-voter-id/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_23"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/02/26/uttt-poll-texans-narrowly-favor-immigration-overha/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/02/25/UTTT-Poll-Feb2014.016_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/02/25/UTTT-Poll-Feb2014.016_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/02/26/uttt-poll-texans-narrowly-favor-immigration-overha/">UT/TT Poll: Texans Split on Immigration Overhaul</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 26 Feb 2014 06:00:00 -0600" title="2014-02-26 06:00"> Feb. 26, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/02/26/uttt-poll-texans-narrowly-favor-immigration-overha/comments/"><span class="value">8</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>A slight majority of Texas registered voters would support an overhaul of federal immigration law that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. And 47 percent would rather have local and state officials enforce those laws than the federal government.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/02/26/uttt-poll-texans-narrowly-favor-immigration-overha/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_24"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/16/civil-rights-group-call-voter-registration-process/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/RegisterToVote_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/RegisterToVote_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by John Harvey</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/16/civil-rights-group-call-voter-registration-process/">Civil Rights Group Calls Out Voter Registration Process</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:02:15 -0600" title="2013-12-16 15:02"> Dec. 16, 2013 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/16/civil-rights-group-call-voter-registration-process/comments/"><span class="value">22</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span><span>Lax enforcement, lacking leadership by state election officials and faulty voter registration procedures led to the disenfranchisement of thousands of Texans in 2012, according to a report released on Monday</span> by the Texas Civil Rights Project.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/16/civil-rights-group-call-voter-registration-process/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_25"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/03/branch-focuses-on-voter-id-fight-campaign-web-ad/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/Screen_shot_2013-12-03_at_10.12.51_AM_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/Screen_shot_2013-12-03_at_10.12.51_AM_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/03/branch-focuses-on-voter-id-fight-campaign-web-ad/">Branch Focuses on Voter ID Fight in New Web Ad</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reeve-hamilton/">Reeve Hamilton</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 3 Dec 2013 10:33:20 -0600" title="2013-12-03 10:33"> Dec. 3, 2013 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/03/branch-focuses-on-voter-id-fight-campaign-web-ad/comments/"><span class="value">29</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>In a new web video, attorney general candidate </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/dan-branch/">Dan Branch</a><span> focuses on protecting the state's elections laws, concluding with a pledge to "stop Obama's Department of Justice from overturning our Texas voter ID law."</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/03/branch-focuses-on-voter-id-fight-campaign-web-ad/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_26"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/06/thousands-sign-affidavits-few-issues-voter-id/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/11/05/TxTribElectionDay2013_Kalifa012_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/11/05/TxTribElectionDay2013_Kalifa012_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Tamir Kalifa</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/06/thousands-sign-affidavits-few-issues-voter-id/">Thousands of Affidavits, Few Problems With Voter ID Law</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 6 Nov 2013 06:00:00 -0600" title="2013-11-06 06:00"> Nov. 6, 2013 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/06/thousands-sign-affidavits-few-issues-voter-id/comments/"><span class="value">36</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Officials say Tuesday's election proceeded smoothly despite controversy surrounding the newly implemented voter ID law, but some worry that could change in elections with increased voter turnout. T<span>housands of voters were required to sign affidavits under the new law.</span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/06/thousands-sign-affidavits-few-issues-voter-id/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_27"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/10/22/voter-id-raises-confusion/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/MustShowIDToVote_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150705024549/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/MustShowIDToVote_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/10/22/voter-id-raises-confusion/">Could Name Change Spur Voter ID Issue? Officials Say No</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 22 Oct 2013 06:00:00 -0500" title="2013-10-22 06:00"> Oct. 22, 2013 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/10/22/voter-id-raises-confusion/comments/"><span class="value">42</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Some recent media reports have raised concerns that the state's new voter ID law </span><span>could disenfranchise people who have legally changed their names. But election officials say protocols are in place for cases in which the name on a person's ID is not identical to his or her legal name.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150705024549/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/10/22/voter-id-raises-confusion/"> <i 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