By Daryl Hannah
Texas voters will not need to present a photo ID in order to cast a ballot this November, thanks to a ruling by U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos, who likened the newly proposed requirement to a poll tax deliberately meant to suppress Black and Latino voter turnout.
In a nearly 150-page decision, Gonzales Ramos struck down the state’s three-year-old law, which has been deemed the nation’s harshest, citing its disproportionate impact on Black and Latino voters.
