One week after a coalition of minority and voting rights groups asked the U.S. Department of Justice to block Texas’ new voter ID law, federal officials asked
“„In a Friday letter officials wrote that they need to know more about how the state would alert voters to the changes to the law.
“„Federal officials also want a detailed description of when and where the state will make free identification certificates available, as well as specifics on how they will educate the public about when such certificates will be available.
“„Texas officials said that 605,576 residents do not have a Texas drivers license or photo ID card. DOJ wants to know how many of those residents without IDs have Spanish surnames.
“„“I think the questions they are asking are reasonable,” Harless said.
“„Harless added that the Texas secretary of state’s office should be able to respond relatively quickly.