Texas v. Holder: Amended complaint filed by State of Texas

Court Level
District Court

The State of Texas brings this suit under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. and under 28 U.S.C. and seeks declaratory judgment that its recently enacted Voter-ID Law, also known as Senate Bill 14, neither has the purpose nor will have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color, nor will it deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote because he is a member of a language minority group.