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To try to find a way that was more fair. that happened because texas officials have to get an advanced okay from the justice department before they change their election laws. because of texas' history of racial discrimination in elections. discrimination like, oh, say, making the polling places for black and brown people handle ten times as many voters as the polling places for white people. because texas has done and has kept doing stuff like that, texas needs preclearance when they make changes. if they think they should not be on that preclearance list anymore, texas could apply to opt out...

Greater houston area college district. also the justice department was able to block texas republicans' voter i.d. plan. rick perry signed this law when he was trying to make a splash running for president. the justice department said the texas voter i.d. law would be a disaster in terms of racial discrimination in texas elections. since hispanic registered voters are more than twice as likely as non-hispanic registered voters to lack the i.d. that would be required to vote in texas under the new law. so texas plans like that. new laws to block hispanics from voting at more than double the rat...