Texas Sen. Rodney Ellis testified in a federal trial Wednesday that the same racial attitudes that delayed passage of a state hate crimes bill were behind the passage of a voter ID law that the Justice Department claims would disenfranchise minorities. The Justice Department has blocked the law, saying the new measure - requiring voters to show a government-issued card with a photo, or a passport or license to carry a concealed weapon - could disenfranchise 1.4 million elderly, minority and student voters. Shaw, who was hired by GOP strategist Karl Rove to work on George W. Bush's presidential campaign in 2000, cited his polls and those conducted by others to conclude that an equal percentage of minority and white voters possess the documents necessary to vote.
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