Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill on Thursday that would require voters to show photo identification at the polls, a law likely to be rejected by the Justie Department. The state is covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and must have its voting laws precleard by the feds because of its history of racial discrimination, and DOJ has rejected similar laws in Texas and South Carolina.
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