Texas Advances Voter ID Law After Supreme Court Strikes Down Voting Rights Act

Texas is wasting no time capitalizing on the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

Shortly after the high court issued a sweeping 5-4 decision Tuesday striking down a centerpiece of the historic 1965 law, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott vowed to immediately implement a controversial voter ID law in the Lone Star State that was blocked last year by the now-gutted preclearance provision of the Voting Rights Act.

“With today’s decision, the State’s voter ID law will take effect immediately,” Abbott said, according to the Dallas Morning News. “Redistricting maps passed by the Legislature may also take effect without approval from the federal government.”

Remember folks, Texas is the last great bastion for freedom and liberty in the US.

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