SOUTHEAST TEXAS RECORD

Recent News About Mexican American Legislative Caucus

• Federal judge rules Texas discriminated when Passing 2011 Voter ID bill

  By David Yates | Tuesday, Apr 11, 2017 @ 1:02pm

  CORPUS CHRISTI – On April 10, a U.S.

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• SCOTUS declines to hear Texas voter ID case

  By David Yates | Monday, Jan 23, 2017 @ 3:29pm

  Washington, D.C. – On Jan. 31 the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will not hear arguments at this time over Texas’s photo ID law, which the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down as racially discriminatory last summer.

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  Abbott says DOJ ignoring 10th Amendment by suing Texas over voter ID

  By Marilyn Tennissen | Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 @ 4:59pm

  Despite the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that Texas was no longer required to get preclearance from the federal government before making any changes to its voting laws, the Obama administration is suing the state to stop its new voter identification laws.

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  Texas AG warns Texans about misleading election advice

  By Bryan Cohen | Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 @ 10:52am

  AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued a statement Monday after learning about allegedly misleading and incorrect election advice being circulated by a lawyer representing the Mexican American Legislative Caucus.

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• FOR PRINT****Texas AG supports new redistricting maps

  By John O'Brien | Monday, Feb 6, 2012 @ 12:55pm

  Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is pleased with the latest proposed redistricting maps.

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• Texas AG, minority group begin negotiations over redistricting

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 @ 4:57am

  Abbott SAN ANTONIO (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office and a minority group opposing the state's redrawn redistricting maps are reportedly negotiating a settlement in order to meet an April 3 primary deadline.

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