Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Statement on Court of Appeals Ruling in Texas Voter ID Case

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released a statement today after the 5^th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ruling that Texas’s voter ID law violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act:

“We are pleased that the court of appeals agreed unanimously with the district court that the Texas statute violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and we are studying the opinion in light of the future proceedings the court of appeals has ordered.”