The Latest: Texas AG says voter ID fight not over

A spokesman for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday that a temporary compromise with the U.S. Justice Department and minority rights groups was made under time constraints and a court order.

Texas agreed Wednesday to weaken its voter ID law, which federal courts have said discriminated against minorities and the poor and left more than 600,000 registered voters potentially unable to cast a ballot.

The state worked fast to soften the law before November's election, moving from requiring voters to show one of seven forms of suitable ID — a list that included concealed handgun permits, but not college IDs — to letting those without such an ID to sign an affidavit.