I know why the DOJ filed a lawsuit on voter id in Texas first

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6. Yes

Here is a link to the DOJ Petition http://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/resources/7472013822155117860058.pdf

Here is a link to the DOJ press release http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/August/13-ag-952.html

Here is a link the amended Veasey lawsuit http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/VeaseyPlntff1stAmendComplaint.pdf Please note that Count 6 of this petition contains one of the best arguments against the Texas voter id law which is the concept that the Texas law is really a poll tax. See Weinschenk v. State, 203 SW 3d 201 - Mo: Supreme Court 2006- The Missouri state Supreme Court held that a voter id law that required a birth certificate to vote was a poll tax http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=16462019301480907426

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