Texas Photo ID Trial Begins: Groups Argue Law Violates Voting Rights Act, Constitution

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2014.  A U.S. District Court will hear oral arguments starting today on Texas’s photo ID law. The trial will include arguments from the Texas State Conference of the NAACP and the Mexican American Legislative Caucus of the Texas House of Representatives (MALC), who will present evidence that the state’s ID requirement erects discriminatory barriers to voting.

The trial comes as many Americans face an ever-shifting voting landscape before heading to the polls…