The top local stories this morning from KERA News:
Texas will have to revamp its voter education campaign quickly before early voting begins for the November election. A federal judge yesterday ruled Texas violated an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department.
After a federal appeals court struck down the state voter ID law last month, Texas was ordered to accept more forms of identification and educate voters on the changes. Voters will have to sign a declaration that they could not quote “reasonably obtain” one of the seven forms of ID required by state law.
But in its educational campaign, Texas changed the wording to “cannot obtain” and “have not obtained” the ID. The U.S. Justice Department argued the change in language was misleading.
The state now has less than five weeks to revamp its voter education campaign before the start of early voting on Oct. 24.
Other stories this morning:
- The Bush Institute this morning will introduce a new online tool called “State of Our Cities.” It’ll provide comparable education data on more than 100 cities.
- Each of the state’s eight largest cities now has a Latino running the school district. That’s a big deal in a state with a surging Hispanic population and a history of political underrepresentation.
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