ERIC HOLDER

In seeking to get federal courts to impose a pre-clearance requirement on Texas and other states through Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act, U. S. Attorney Eric Holder is taking a strong stand not only against the conservative justices on the Supreme Court who struck down Section 4 of the historic voting law last month, but also Republican legislatures and governors who are now seeking to pass controversial voting laws in the wake of that decision.
He could later target states such as North Carolina, which is on the verge of enacting legislation that could reduce the number of days of early voting from 17 to 10, end same-day voting registration and disallow the use of cards issued by universities as proof of identity, all moves civil rights groups say are designed to limit Blacks’ ability to vote.
Holder’s decision has been strongly attacked by Republicans in Texas and across the country.