US Justice Department has criticised Texas law as being the states latest tool to suppress minority voters in elections
A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated Texas tough voter ID law for the November election, which the US Justice Department had condemned as the states latest means of suppressing minority voter turnout.
The ruling by the New Orleans-base fifth circuit court of appeals temporarily blocks last weeks ruling by US district judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos in Corpus Christi, who determined the law unconstitutional and similar to a poll tax designed to dissuade minorities from voting.
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