The U.S. Department of Justice, which is facing off against Abbott’s
office in a case to allow Texas’ voter ID law to go into effect, has
asked to depose — or question under oath — the author of the voter ID
bill, Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay; its House sponsor, Rep.
Patricia Harless, R-Spring; and other lawmakers.

…The
state’s motion called the Justice Department’s requests “an unwarranted
federal intrusion into the operations of the Texas Legislature.” 

Pre-clearance
is outlined in Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act — a provision that
Abbott is challenging in this case. Abbott has said it is unfair that
Texas and other places constrained by Section 5 are forced to endure the
pre-clearance process, while most other governments are not.

In
this week’s motion, Abbott’s office also took a swipe at Section 5 for
its “already-questionable incursions on state prerogatives.”

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