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Opponents claim the Texas law violates the federal Voting Rights Act and is an attempt to cut into the electoral strength of the state's growing minority population — people less likely to have photo identification or the means to obtain a certificate for the election.
The case is Marc Veasey, et al., Texas Association of Hispanic County Judges and County Commissioners v. Greg Abbott et al. (cause no. 14-41127). Breitbart Texas reported that on October 11, 2014, U. S. District Court Judge Nelva Gonzalez Ramos, a President Obama appointee, issued a permanent injunction requiring Texas to return to enforcing the in-person voter identification requirements that existed before Senate Bill 14 became law.
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Plaintiff's lawyers, meanwhile, say they are optimistic.
The panel of judges will have to decide if Ramos was "clearly wrong" in her ruling, and that could be a hard decision for any appellate court, said Myrna Pérez, director of Voting Rights and Elections Project at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. "There was a very strong record in this case."
Meanwhile, Jennifer Stewart, an African-American lobbyist on the Congressional Black Caucus Institute board, was assigned to work with Marc Veasey, Democrat of Texas, who is also black. She personally appealed to Mr.
Remembering Jess Hay
As the finance chairman for the Democratic National Committee in the late 1970s, Jess Hay was one of the most influential Democrats in the country.
He helped raised campaign cash for former President Jimmy Carter and former Vice President Walter Mondale, as well as Texans like former Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby and former U.S. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen.
The Dallas businessman was an inspiration for emerging leaders such as Bill Clinton, who would go on to be president.
Hay died last week in Dallas at age 84.
Mary Ann Kellam, presidenta de la Cámara de Comercio Hispana de Irving; Norma Valles, presidenta de su mesa directiva y Don Herring, miembro de ésta, realizaron un viaje de varios días a Washington donde visitaron al senador John Cornyn y a los congresistas Pete Sessions y Marc Veasey.
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Metroplex Business Institutions lobby for immigration reform