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Registration restrictions blocked in Texas

| August 7, 2012 - 5:31 pm

Tags: 112th Congress, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Greg Abbott, Gregg Costa, Larry Taylor, Michael Slater, Mike Jackson, National Voter Registration Act, NVRA, Policy Corner, Project Vote, public policy, Texas, voter registration, voter suppression, voting rights

In a ruling last week hailed by voting rights advocates, US District Judge Gregg Costa temporarily enjoined Texas Election Code provisions restricting voter registration, including those implemented by HB 2194, which has ALEC ties in author Larry Taylor and sponsor Mike Jackson.

Citing the Federalist Papers, Judge Costa wrote: