Case 1:12-cv-00128-RMC-DST-RLW Document 270 Filed 07/02/12 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STATE OF TEXAS, v. Plaintiff, ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, ERIC KENNIE, et al., Defendant. TEXAS STATE CONFERENCE OF NAACP BRANCHES, et al., TEXAS LEAGUE OF YOUNG VOTERS EDUCATION FUND, et al., Defendant-Intervenors. TEXAS LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS, et al., VICTORIA RODRIGUEZ, et al., Defendant-Intervenors. CASE NO. 1:12-CV-00128 (RMC-DST-RLW Three-Judge Court ATTORNEY GENERAL S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT CONCERNING EXPERT DEPOSITIONS
Case 1:12-cv-00128-RMC-DST-RLW Document 270 Filed 07/02/12 Page 2 of 5 24F. It is implausible that PVID would increase turnout. Shaw Dep. 148:23-152:11. 24G. Observations of two states with PVID are insufficient to draw general conclusions concerning PVID requirements and voter turnout. Shaw Dep. 144:25-148:22. 24H. Peer-reviewed articles provide more credible findings and should receive greater weight than self-published papers. No peer-reviewed article has concluded that PVID does not depress turnout. Shaw Dep. 143:17-145:11, 165:4-9; Ex. 545 66-71. 65I. Minority voters are less likely to hold state PVID. Sager Dep. II 137:13-139:6. 41F. Survey data for law and policy requires greater accuracy necessitating additional time and resources than political polling, which is limited by exigency and assesses only attitudes. Marker Dep. 18:9-23:1, 43:7-47:7, 53:8-55:18, 130:11-131:11. 41G. Low survey response rates and limited ability to identify phone numbers can introduce bias. Weighting responses can correct in part. Marker Dep. 152:11-153:16, 202:4-207:5; Shaw Dep. 73:2-75:16, 107:17-110:19, 152:11-153:16. 41H. The VRNID survey had a phone append rate of 35.4%, half the typical rate for a Texas survey and 14.7% less than the first survey. Shaw Dep. 99:22-100:16; Ex. 571. 41I. Dr. Shaw confirmed that he had reached low income populations but not that the proportion matched the VRNID list. Shaw Dep. 106:17-109:11; supra 55B-55C. 41J. 77.2% of VRNID respondents are owner-occupants, along with 66.3% and 75.0% in the Black and Hispanic surveys. Ex. 574-576. Dr. Shaw did not set out these rates, Ex. 572-573, which far exceed the census estimates, let alone the VRNID list. RJN 14. 41K. The VRNID surveys contain potential bias far in excess of policy or political surveys and are not sufficiently reliable to establish ID possession rates. Supra 41A-J. 1
Case 1:12-cv-00128-RMC-DST-RLW Document 270 Filed 07/02/12 Page 3 of 5 Date: July 2, 2012 RONALD C. MACHEN, JR. United States Attorney District of Columbia Respectfully submitted, THOMAS E. PEREZ Assistant Attorney General /s/ Daniel J. Freeman T. CHRISTIAN HERREN, JR. MEREDITH BELL-PLATTS ELIZABETH S. WESTFALL BRUCE I. GEAR SPENCER FISHER JENNIFER L. MARANZANO RISA BERKOWER DANIEL J. FREEMAN Attorneys Voting Section U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530
Case 1:12-cv-00128-RMC-DST-RLW Document 270 Filed 07/02/12 Page 4 of 5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on July 2, 2012, I served a true and correct copy of the foregoing via the Court s ECF system on the following counsel of record: Jonathan Franklin Mitchell Adam W. Aston Matthew Hamilton Frederick Patrick Kinney Sweeten Office of the Attorney General of Texas jonathan.mitchell@oag.state.tx.us adam.aston@oag.state.tx.us matthew.frederick@oag.state.tx.us Patrick.sweeten@texasattorneygeneral.gov Adam K. Mortara John M. Hughes Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP adam.mortara@bartlit-beck.com john.hughes@bartlit-beck.com Counsel for Plaintiff John Tanner john.k.tanner@gmail.com Nancy G. Abudu M. Laughlin McDonald Katie O Connor Arthur B. Spitzer American Civil Liberties Union nabudu@aclu.org lmcdonald@aclu.org koconnor@aclu.org artspitzer@gmail.com Debo P. Adegbile Leah C. Aden Elise C. Boddie Ryan Haygood Dale E. Ho Natasha Korgaonkar NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund dadegbile@naacpldf.org laden@naacpldf.org eboddie@naacpldf.org rhaygood@naacpldf.org dho@naacpldf.org nkorgaonkar@naacpldf.org Michael Birney de Leeuw Douglas H. Flaum Adam M. Harris Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson douglas.flaum@friedfrank.com adam.harris@friedfrank.com michael.deleeuw@friedfrank.com Counsel for Texas League of Young Voters Intervenors Counsel Texas Legislative Black Caucus Intervenors
Case 1:12-cv-00128-RMC-DST-RLW Document 270 Filed 07/02/12 Page 5 of 5 Jon M. Greenbaum Mark A. Posner Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights mposner@lawyerscommittee.org jgreenbaum@lawyerscommittee.org Ezra David Rosenberg Michelle Hart Yeary Dechert LLP ezra.rosenberg@dechert.com michelle.yeary@dechert.com Robert Stephen Notzon Robert@notzonlaw.com Gary L. Bledsoe Law Office of Gary L. Bledsoe and Associates garybledsoe@sbcglobal.net Nina Perales Amy Pederson Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. nperales@maldef.org apederson@maldef.org Counsel for Rodriguez Intervenors J. Gerald Hebert hebert@voterlaw.com Chad W. Dunn Brazil & Dunn chad@brazilanddunn.com Counsel for Kennie Intervenors Myrna Perez Wendy Robin Weiser Ian Arthur Vandewalker The Brennan Center for Justice myrna.perez@nyu.edu wendy.weiser@nyu.edu ian.vandewalker@nyu.edu Counsel for NAACP Intervenors s/ Daniel J. Freeman DANIEL J. FREEMAN Attorney, Voting Section U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530