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AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that amicus briefs were filed in the United States Supreme Court by a coalition of 10 states and 32 members of Congress in support of Texas’ voter ID law.
On September 23, Attorney General Paxton filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court to reinstate the voter ID law. The petition does not affect the upcoming November 8 elections, for which an interim remedy has been ordered by the courts.
“Our democracy does not work unless voters have confidence that election results are not skewed by fraud,” Attorney General Paxton said. “These amici speak to the nationwide problem states face when trying to preserve the integrity of their elections. A total of 34 states request that voters show some form of identification at the polls. Experience has shown that these protections work.”
In addition to Indiana, the other states who joined the amicus brief are Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and West Virginia.
The congressional amicus brief was submitted by U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas, and Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana; U.S. Representatives John Culberson, Blake Farenthold, Joe Barton, Kevin Brady, Bill Flores, Louie Gohmert, Kay Granger, Michael Burgess, John Carter, Michael Conaway, Jeb Hensarling, Will Hurd, Ted Poe, Sam Johnson, John Ratcliffe, Kenny Marchant, Pete Sessions, Michael McCaul, Lamar Smith, Randy Neugebauer, Mac Thornberry, Pete Olson, Randy Weber, Brian Babin, and Roger Williams, all from Texas; and U.S. Reps. John Fleming, M.D. (Louisiana), Garrett Graves (Louisiana), Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (Louisiana), and Steven Palazzo (Mississippi).
The briefs can be viewed online here:
A copy of the petition is available here: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/Corrected_amicus_Members_of_Congress_Veasey.pdf?cachebuster:69
