Texas voting rights act

• WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - The Voting Rights Act - a cherished safeguard for minority voters since 1965 - has been under siege for two years and this week faces one of its toughest tests on an apparent path to the U.S. Supreme Court.
(Huffington Post)
• rights groups contend that Texas 2011 law requiring voters to provide identification with a photo issued by the state or the military discriminates against minority residents and violates the federal Voting Rights Act.
(MySanAntonio)
• The Texas Republican Party has released its official platform for 2012, and the repeal of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of its central planks.
(Huffington Post)
• Still other states that have histories of voter discrimination, including Texas, must get the approval of the federal government through the pre-clearance process outlined in Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
(Austin American-Statesman)
• In State of Texas: "The Texas Republican Party has released its official platform for 2012, and the repeal of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of its central planks.
(Examiner)
• Catalist might prefer that Texas election laws favor Democratic Party candidates.
(Big Hollywood)
• a federal court will weigh in on the Obama administration's effort to use the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to block a state from requiring photo ID to vote.
(Gulf News)