Federal judges in Georgia and Texas have ruled against key provisions of two controversial election laws passed two years ago as the Republican Party sought to tighten voting rules after former President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential contest.
U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez struck down a provision of Texas’ law requiring that mail voters provide the same identification number they used when they registered to vote. He ruled the requirement violated the U.S. Civil Rights Act because it led to people being unable to cast ballots due to a matter irrelevant to whether they are registered.
The change led to skyrocketing mail ballot rejections in the first election after the law passed in September 2021 and was targeted in a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Texas is particularly important. It’s their electoral counter balance against California’s machine number of electoral votes. If Texas ever durably flips blue, there will never be a Republican President again and they will be very unlikely to win the senate.
Or if Florida ever flips back, but that seems less likely somehow
I was born and live in Florida. This state has changed a lot in the past decade. We’ve had a massive influx of people moving here from other states, changing the political landscape to lean more conservative. Just years ago, my city had a huge Pride Parade that everyone was cool with. Now, we can’t say gay at school. I doubt it will flip back to blue anytime soon.