Texas Voter ID Case Delayed for Trump Administration Review
by LANA SHADWICK
22 Jan 2017
A federal magistrate delayed next week’s hearing in the Texas Voter ID case so that the Trump Administration has time to discuss the case. The idea is that the new administration may not have the same repugnant view of the Texas law requiring a photo voter ID that the Obama administration did.
The seven acceptable forms of photo ID under the law include the following: a Texas driver’s license; free Texas election identification card (EIC); Texas personal identification card; Texas license to carry a concealed handgun; U.S. military identification card; U.S. citizenship certificate; and a U.S. passport.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion for continuance on January 20th, the same day as the presidential inauguration, asking the court to continue a hearing that had been set for January 24th for at least 30 more days. The plaintiffs who sued to set aside the Texas voter identification law, opposed the motion.
The motion (attached below) stated:
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/...ration-review/
