AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal appeals court declared that Texas’ strict 2011 voter ID law has a “discriminatory effect” on minorities and violates the Voting Rights Act. But the three-judge panel’s unanimous, 49-page decision also overturned a lower court’s previous assertion that the law amounted to an unconstitutional “poll tax.” Here’s a closer look at the Wednesday ruling, the law and where the case stands now.
