Texas Voter ID Law Is Rejected by Federal Court

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/08/30/us/politics/ap-us-texas-voter-id-.html?hp

A three-judge panel in Washington unanimously ruled that the law imposes "strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor" and noted that racial minorities in Texas are more likely to live in poverty.

The decision involves an increasingly contentious political issue: a push, largely by Republican-controlled legislatures and governors' offices, to impose strict identification requirements on voters.