WEBVTT - Bloomberg Law Brief: TX Voter ID Rules Discriminatory (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>And now it's time for our daily Bloomberg Law Brief,

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<v Speaker 1>exploring legal issues in the news. Today, Bloomberg Law hosts

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<v Speaker 1>Greg Store discusses a ruling by a federal judge in

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<v Speaker 1>Texas at the state's voter identification laws are intentionally discriminatory

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<v Speaker 1>towards black and Hispanic voters. He speaks to Josh Douglas,

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<v Speaker 1>a professor at the University of Kentucky School of Law.

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<v Speaker 1>This case has a long procedural history. I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>we want to get get into all that, but tell

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<v Speaker 1>us what is new about this this ruling from from

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<v Speaker 1>Judge Ramas. What's new is that the judge here explicitly

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<v Speaker 1>found that the state of Texas meant to discriminate against

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<v Speaker 1>minority voters when passing the voter ide law. Now, the

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<v Speaker 1>judge had found this previously, and it went up on

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<v Speaker 1>appeal in the Fifth Circuit reversed and said you considered

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<v Speaker 1>some evidence that you shouldn't have considered. So this ruling

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<v Speaker 1>is the judge not considering that extra evidence and still

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<v Speaker 1>finding that the state had discriminated against minority voters. Josh.

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<v Speaker 1>Some people have have described the Texas law as the

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<v Speaker 1>strictest in the nation. Um, do you agree with that,

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<v Speaker 1>and if so, what what is different about the way

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<v Speaker 1>the requirements for Texas in Texas for voter i das

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<v Speaker 1>from other states that have voter ide laws. Yeah, it

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<v Speaker 1>is one of the strictest, and and that goes to

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<v Speaker 1>the requirements of what you can show and what your

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<v Speaker 1>idea has to have. So in some states they allow you,

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<v Speaker 1>if you don't have a photographic i D to sign

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<v Speaker 1>an affidavit a testing under penalty of perjury that you

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<v Speaker 1>are who you say you are. Other states allow you

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<v Speaker 1>to use your student i D if you are have

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<v Speaker 1>an idea from a public university. Texas doesn't than know

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<v Speaker 1>any of that, at least under the law as it's

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<v Speaker 1>enacted and as it's being considered. The last year of

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<v Speaker 1>court did require to soften the law to allow more

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<v Speaker 1>things like an affidavit requirement. Um, but as the loft

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<v Speaker 1>stands and what the judges reviewing, it's very strict. You

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<v Speaker 1>need a government issued photo identification that's not inspired. It

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<v Speaker 1>can't be your student i D. Of course, interestingly, your

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<v Speaker 1>gun license in Texast does count as an idea, but

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<v Speaker 1>your publicly issued student i D doesn't. And so it's

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<v Speaker 1>the types of forms that you need are very, very narrow,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what makes it the most strict in the nation.

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<v Speaker 1>That is Josh Douglas, a professor at the University of

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<v Speaker 1>Kentucky School of Law, speaking to Bloomberg Law host Craig Store.

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