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| Supreme court throws out lower court ruling on Texas voter ID law | Supreme court throws out lower court ruling on Texas voter ID law |
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| The supreme court has thrown out lower court rulings that blocked a Texas voter identification law and the state's political redistricting plans as discriminatory. | The supreme court has thrown out lower court rulings that blocked a Texas voter identification law and the state's political redistricting plans as discriminatory. |
| The court's action Thursday was a predictable result of its major ruling two days earlier that effectively ended the federal government's strict supervision of elections in Texas and other states with a history of discrimination in voting. | The court's action Thursday was a predictable result of its major ruling two days earlier that effectively ended the federal government's strict supervision of elections in Texas and other states with a history of discrimination in voting. |
| The justices ordered lower courts to reconsider in light of Tuesday's ruling. | The justices ordered lower courts to reconsider in light of Tuesday's ruling. |
| In both the voter ID and redistricting cases, the court stopped the state from putting in place the laws under the advance approval requirement of the Voting Rights Act. | In both the voter ID and redistricting cases, the court stopped the state from putting in place the laws under the advance approval requirement of the Voting Rights Act. |
| The court has said that part of the law cannot be used unless Congress develops a new formula for determining which states and localities should be covered. | The court has said that part of the law cannot be used unless Congress develops a new formula for determining which states and localities should be covered. |
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