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April 11, 2017, 1:35 PM UTC

Judge Rules Texas Voter ID Law Intentionally Hurt Hispanics

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By Laurel Brubaker Calkins, Bloomberg News

A federal judge ruled Texas lawmakers intentionally made it harder for poor Hispanic and blacks to vote when they passed the nation’s strictest photo ID law in 2011.

U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos’s decision may put Texas back under federal supervision for all changes to its election policies, a step civil rights advocates are urging Ramos to take next.

Ramos previously rejected a joint request by Texas and the U.S. Justice Department — which switched sides under the Trump administration — to wait for the state’s Republican-controlled legislature to fix the law before making her ...

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