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Court says mail ballots are ‘prone to fraud,’ backs Texas crackdown law

A voter talks about her mail-in primary election ballot at her home on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Missouri City, Texas. It’s long been the case that federal law protects Black voters and Hispanic voters by pushing states to carve out voting districts so they can elect candidates of their choice. Now a case winding its way through the federal courts is testing the boundaries of the idea, with civil rights groups arguing that Black and Hispanic voters should be lumped together to form a minority coalition that qualifies for Voting Rights Act protection. The case comes out of Galveston County, Texas, which for three decades had a seat on the county commission that had a majority-minority population when Black and Hispanic voters were combined. The county eliminated the seat in the latest redistricting, sparking a federal lawsuit. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A federal appeals court upheld a Texas law requiring voters to provide an identification number before casting ballots by mail, plus scolded voting rights activists and a lower court for their efforts to undermine the state’s statute.

Iran says Trump is relying on ‘fake intelligence,’ makes new demands over Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Iranian officials on Thursday said the U.S. “miscalculated” in waging war on their country and demanded payment for environmental damage in the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

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Troy Jackson, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at the Maine Democratic Nominating Convention, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Bangor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ** FILE **

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A voter talks about her mail-in primary election ballot at her home on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Missouri City, Texas. It’s long been the case that federal law protects Black voters and Hispanic voters by pushing states to carve out voting districts so they can elect candidates of their choice. Now a case winding its way through the federal courts is testing the boundaries of the idea, with civil rights groups arguing that Black and Hispanic voters should be lumped together to form a minority coalition that qualifies for Voting Rights Act protection. The case comes out of Galveston County, Texas, which for three decades had a seat on the county commission that had a majority-minority population when Black and Hispanic voters were combined. The county eliminated the seat in the latest redistricting, sparking a federal lawsuit. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Court says mail ballots are ‘prone to fraud,’ backs Texas crackdown law

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