The U.S. Department of Justice announced two legal actions that will make Texas the battleground over voter rights enforcement—and the spot where Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. makes a stand for the weakened Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The Justice Department said it will file a new lawsuit against Texas over the state’s voter photo identification law under Section 2 of the VRA. The suit will allege that the state purposely adopted the law to deny or abridge “the right to vote on account of race, color, or membership in a language minority group.”

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