Federal judges in Georgia and Texas have ruled against key provisions of two controversial election laws passed two years ago as the Republican Party sought to tighten voting rules after former President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential contest.

U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez struck down a provision of Texas’ law requiring that mail voters provide the same identification number they used when they registered to vote. He ruled the requirement violated the U.S. Civil Rights Act because it led to people being unable to cast ballots due to a matter irrelevant to whether they are registered.

The change led to skyrocketing mail ballot rejections in the first election after the law passed in September 2021 and was targeted in a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • @[email protected]
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    101 year ago

    They’ve been struggling for years, their platform is bad and can’t be spun to sound that good.

    Trump was the start of the end honestly

    • @PickTheStick
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      51 year ago

      I told a supervisor sometime in 2021 that we’ll never have another Republican president. I was in a super rural, supermajority republican area, and none of them would believe me. I think Trump was the warning ‘moderates’ and lazy voters needed.

        • @PickTheStick
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          41 year ago

          We’ll have to agree to disagree. Complacency could see a repub president again, but with swelling gen Z, dying boomers, and a soon to be swung Texas (if they don’t throw out the big cities’ votes, like they’re trying), I think we’ll be solid.

          • @uberkalden
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            21 year ago

            Trump wasn’t that far from a victory really in 2020 If they nominate someone more moderate they can win

            • BOMBS
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              11 year ago

              that moderate would have to win in the Republican primaries, which will be difficult with the MAGA crowd. it’s kinda funny that Republicans insist on shooting themselves in the foot, then blame Democrats. they’re a real life caricature.

      • @uberkalden
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        11 year ago

        Nah, we’ll get lazy again. Just how people are