Appeals court strikes down Texas voter ID law as racially discriminatory

Photograph- John Moore:Getty ImagesBy Kim Bellware | The Huffington Post

A controversial voter ID law in Texas violates a section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

The Fifth Circuit Court struck down the law that civil rights activists said aimed to racially discriminate and had the effect of disenfranchising minority, elderly, poor and student voters.

Proponents of the law had argued the change was geared at cracking down on voter fraud and maintaining the integrity of the elections process.

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