It seems the government thinks Texas needs babysitting – and one man ain’t too happy about it.
Gov. Rick Perry criticized a decision by the Obama Administration that puts
Texas back under preclearance, meaning the state would require federal approval for any changes to voting laws.
The panel at the U.S. District Court in Washington ruled that Texas had failed to show that the statute would not harm the voting rights of minorities in the state. In addition, the judges found that evidence indicated that the cost of obtaining a photo ID to vote would fall most heavily on African American and Hispanic voters.
In a speech given by Attorney General Eric Holder to the National Urban League in Philadelphia this week, he said that the Department of Justice will have to ask a federal court in San Antonio in order to require advance approval for voting changes in the state of Texas.
Well, Rick Perry called the move an “end-run around the Supreme Court,” claiming the Obama administration is casting “unfair aspersions” on Texas’ voting rights efforts.
In June, the Texas High Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, the provision of the landmark civil rights law that designates which parts of the country must have changes to their voting laws cleared by the federal government or in federal court.
Holder’s response was reassuring that this will not be their last attempt at trying to change the Voting Rights Act.
To read Perry’s full statement, click here.
Source: Huffington Post
