Why Voter ID Is Racial Discrimination, for the Record [CityLab.com]
A panel of 15 judges for the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled 9-6 Wednesday that a photo voter-ID law passed by Texas almost five years ago discriminates against people of color . The Texas law, SB 14, would allow the use of drivers licenses and gun licenses to vote, but not college IDs . Experts testified in the years-long court battle over the law that it would potentially disenfranchise upwards of 600,000 eligible voters . Most of the disenfranchised would be Latino and...