Maneuvering Persists After Courts Block New Voter Conditions
Officials in Wisconsin and Texas sought ways to preserve their contested new voter identification requirements on Friday as civil rights groups celebrated two victories against laws they said would suppress minority voting.
Thursday’s rulings, blocking new voter requirements, are part of a wider pattern of continuing litigation over changes in voting procedures adopted by several states, with the ultimate outcomes still to be determined, probably by the Supreme Court well after the November elections.
The contested laws have mainly been promoted by Republicans in the name of preventing fraud, and opposed by Democrats and civil rights groups who note that voter fraud is extremely rare and say the measures are designed to stifle voting among liberal-leaning black and Hispanic voters.
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