- If you don’t read any other story about the discriminatory Texas Voter ID law, please read the Washington Post story below. It lays out clearly how the Texas Voter ID law is stealing the sacred right to vote from hundreds of thousands of Texans. Moreover, it details the work of Chad Dunn, his colleague Abbie Kamin, and the Campaign Legal Center in directly assisting Texas voters and courageously leading the legal battle to overturn this discriminatory law. Today, Chad Dunn, who is lead counsel for the Veasey Plaintiffs in the Texas Voter ID legal challenge, will present the closing arguments before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Getting a photo ID so you can vote is easy. Unless you’re poor, black, Latino or elderly.In his wallet, Anthony Settles carries an expired Texas identification card, his Social Security card and an old student ID from the University of Houston, where he studied math and physics decades ago. What he does not have is the one thing that he needs to vote this presidential election: a current Texas photo ID. |
- The Fort Worth Star-Telegram story below covers the work of Congressman Marc Veasey (CD33 – Fort Worth & Dallas) to establish a Voting Rights Caucus within the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Veasey has already earned a reputation for his dogged and effective efforts as a plaintiff opposing the discriminatory Texas congressional redistricting plan and the discriminatory Texas Voter ID law. The new U.S. House Voting Rights Caucus is an important extension of Congressman Veasey’s efforts and helps build on the work of other outstanding more senior Texas Democratic leaders.
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Texas Rep. Veasey: Let’s act on Voting Rights ActTo Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, the Voting Rights Act is personal. A former African-American state lawmaker who was elected to Congress in 2012, Veasey was able to compete in a district newly drawn for minority representation in North Texas. But since the Supreme Court struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, Veasey has been concerned about its future. To urge Congress to rewrite and update the law, on Tuesday he’s announcing that he’s creating the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus. Continue reading |
