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Texas election laws upheld by 5th Circuit

Concerns about election fraud in Texas justify the state's strict rules on voter-registration drives, a divided 5th Circuit ruled.

Project Vote, a Washington-based nonprofit, filed suit in February 2012, alongside its affiliate Voting for America and two Galveston County residents who claimed they had been illegally kicked off voting rolls.

Voting for America manages voter-registration drives for black and Latino communities. It took issue with several laws Texas passed in 2011 that restrict the work of volunteer deputy registrars, individuals.

Read more: http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/10/07/61831.htm