Voter ID Debate Heats Up as Dallas County Joins Fight

The Dallas County Commissioners Court voted to join U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey in a lawsuit urging a federal district court to issue an injunction against the voter ID law. The law requires voters to present one of seven forms of state or federal identification or a so-called election identification certificate, which can be obtained from the state's Department of Public Safety.

A fight against the state's contentious voter ID laws escalated this week when Dallas County became the first Texas county to claim that the requirements would disenfranchise thousands of eligible voters.