# Practical effects of Shelby County v. Holder?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-effects-of-shelby-county-v-holder/661878>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 25, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-effects-of-shelby-county-v-holder/661878 "2013-06-25T16:23:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-effects-of-shelby-county-v-holder/661878/41 "2013-06-26T22:25:16Z")

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> [@adaher](#):
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> Texas is not what it was in 1964. That’s just absurd.

Only in the sense that Texas in 1964 would not have gone Republican. But the reasons why it does so consistently now make Texas pretty much what it was in '64 if not worse; only the GOP has changed, and not for the better.

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**Author:** ![ShouldaTakenTheBluePill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ShouldaTakenTheBluePill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShouldaTakenTheBluePill)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-effects-of-shelby-county-v-holder/661878/42 "2013-06-26T22:55:45Z")

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> [@adaher](#):
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> Texas is not what it was in 1964. That’s just absurd.

Since Texas waited about two hours to take advantage of the SCOTUS decision,  
I’d say its closer to 1 **8** 64.

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