WASHINGTON — A federal court on Thursday struck down a Texas law that would have required voters to show government-issued photo identification before casting their ballots in November, ruling that the law would hurt turnout among minority voters and impose “strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor” by charging those voters who lack proper documentation fees to obtain election ID cards.
Read more in The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/us/court-blocks-tough-voter-id-law-in-texas.html?ref=us