Texas AG wins round in battle over tougher voter signup rules

Texas won a stay Thursday of a federal court decision that had barred enforcement of the state's toughened voter registration law.

Attorney General Greg Abbott described the development as a victory for voter integrity.

The state had asked the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans to stay an order barring enforcement of several provisions of a 2011 law regulating third-party voter registration activities. The plaintiff was a nonprofit that Abbott said was linked to “notorious for voter registration fraud.”

U.S. District Judge Gregg Costa of Texas previously ruled the law probably conflicted with federal rules and the Constitution, but the appeals court issued the stay pending appeal in a one-page order.


Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Texas-AG-wins-round-in-battle-over-tougher-voter-3846125.php


Note: This case is not related to the state's voter ID law, but deals with the registration of voters by third party groups. Cross-posted in LBN in the following link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014221445