Case 1:12-cv RMC-DST-RLW Document 310 Filed 07/13/12 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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1 Case 1:12-cv RMC-DST-RLW Document 310 Filed 07/13/12 Page 1 of 4 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., TEXAS LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS, et al., VICTORIA RODRIGUEZ, et al., Defendant-Intervenors. CASE NO. 1:12-CV (RMC-DST-RLW Three-Judge Court ATTORNEY GENERAL S NOTICE OF OBJECTIONS TO STATE OF TEXAS S TRIAL EXHIBITS Defendant Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. respectfully submits an index of objections to the State of Texas s trial exhibits. The index is attached to this filing as Exhibit 1.

2 Case 1:12-cv RMC-DST-RLW Document 310 Filed 07/13/12 Page 2 of 4 Date: July 13, 2012 RONALD C. MACHEN, JR. United States Attorney District of Columbia Respectfully submitted, THOMAS E. PEREZ Assistant Attorney General Civil Rights Division /s/ Risa Berkower T. CHRISTIAN HERREN, JR. MEREDITH BELL-PLATTS ELIZABETH S. WESTFALL BRUCE I. GEAR JENNIFER L. MARANZANO SPENCER FISHER RISA BERKOWER DANIEL J. FREEMAN Attorneys Voting Section Civil Rights Division U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C Telephone: risa.berkower@usdoj.gov 2

3 Case 1:12-cv RMC-DST-RLW Document 310 Filed 07/13/12 Page 3 of 4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on July 13, 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 Counsel for Plaintiff 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 J. Gerald Hebert hebert@voterlaw.com Chad W. Dunn Brazil & Dunn chad@brazilanddunn.com Counsel for Kennie Intervenors 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 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

4 Case 1:12-cv RMC-DST-RLW Document 310 Filed 07/13/12 Page 4 of 4 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 Nina Perales Amy Pederson Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. nperales@maldef.org apederson@maldef.org Counsel for Rodriguez Intervenors Counsel Texas Legislative Black Caucus Intervenors /s/risa Berkower RISA BERKOWER U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C risa.berkower@usdoj.gov

5 A B C D E F Case 1:12-cv RMC-DST-RLW Document Filed 07/13/12 Page 1 of 2 Attorney General's Objections to State of Texas's Trial Exhibits State of Texas v. Holder, 1:12-cv-128 (DDC 2012 Exhibit # First Appendix Page# Last Appendix Page # Document Title Object? Basis for Objection PX005 JA_ JA_ Lighthouse Opinion Poll Yes PX031 TA_ TA_ Letter from Keith Ingram to T. Christian Herren, Jr. (January 10, 2012 Yes Hearsay, no exception; Relevance, FRE 401 Relevance, Morris v. Gressette, 432 U.S. 491, 507 n.24 (1977. PX032 TA_ TA_ Letter from T. Christian Herren, Jr. to Keith Ingram (March 12, 2012 Yes Relevance Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX037 TA_ TA_ Editorial: Abbott is right, Holder is wrong, Dallas Morning News, April 19, 2012 Yes Hearsay, no exception PX040 TA_ TA_ Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, 553 U.S. 181 (2008 (Supporting Respondents Yes Relevance, FRE 401 PX057 TA_ TA_ NCSL State Voter ID Survey Yes Hearsay, no exception PX059 TA_ TA_ Rhode Island Voter ID law Yes Relevance, FRE 401 PX063 TA_ TA_ July 25, from SOS to DOJ forwarding corrected SB 14 preclearance submission Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX064 TA_ TA_ Attachment to SB 14 preclearance submission: SB 14 (2011 Bill Text Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. Attachment to SB 14 Preclearance submission: How many votes have been cast in PX065 TA_ TA_ Georgia since Voter ID has been in place Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX066 TA_ TA_ PX067 TA_ TA_ Attachment to SB 14 Preclearance submission: Follow-up from GA SOS to TX SOS forwarding additional statistics on votes cast since Voter ID implemented Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. August 21, 2011 Letter from SOS to DOJ responding to August 10, 2011 telephone conversation Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX068 TA_ TA_ August 25, from SOS to DOJ providing legislative materials on SB 14 Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX069 TA_ TA_ September 7, from SOS to DOJ forwarding SOS response letter Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX070 TA_ TA_ September 8, from SOS to DOJ forwarding draft copy of proposed substantially similar administrative rule Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX071 TA_ TA_ September 8, from Phillip Adkins to DOJ clarifying photo ID application turnaround times Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX072 TA_ TA_ September 15, from Phillip Adkins to DOJ providing requested DLO information Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX073 TA_ TA_ September 23, 2011 Letter from DOJ to SOS requesting more information Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX074 TA_ TA_ October 13, from SOS to DOJ providing additional information Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX075 TA_ TA_ October 27, 2011 Letter from SOS to DOJ responding to requests for racial data Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX077 TA_ TA_ November 9, from Phillip Adkins to DOJ providing requested DLO drive times Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX078 TA_ TA_ November 16, from Phillip Adkins to DOJ and attached State Demographer letter Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX079 TA_ TA_ November 16, 2011 Letter from DOJ to SOS Requesting racial breakdown Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX080 TA_ TA_ January 9, 2012 Letter from DOJ to SOS regarding substantially similar name submission Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX081 TA_ TA_ January 10, from DPS to DOJ submitting final EIC administrative rules for administrative preclearance Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX082 TA_ TA_ January 12, from SOS to DOJ forwarding January 12, 2012 Reponse letter Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX083 TA_ TA_ February 2, 2012 Internal forwarding from Jonathan Mitchell to DOJ regarding Texas data Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX084 TA_ TA_ February 17, from SOS to DOJ forwarding Spanish surname by county spreadsheet Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX085 TA_ TA_ March 6, 2012 Letter from OSG to DOJ requesting presence at informal interviews Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX087 TA_ TA_ March 12, 2012 Letter from DOJ to SOS denying preclearance of SB 14 Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX088 TA_ TA_ March 12, 2012 Letter from DOJ to SOS refusing to make preclearance determination re: EIC Rules Yes Relevance, Morris, 432 U.S.at 507 n.24. PX089 TA_ TA_ Declaration of Dorothy Tates Yes Hearsay, no exception; Relevance, FRE 401 PX090 TA_ TA_ Dorothy Tates Driving Abstract (filed under seal Yes Hearsay, no exception; Relevance, FRE 401 PX103 n/a n/a 458 F.Supp.2d 775 (United States District Court, S.D. Indiana, Indianapolis Division. INDIANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Todd ROKITA, et al., Defendants. Yes Relevance, FRE 401 PX104 n/a n/a Voter Registration Certificate, Brian Keith Ingram Yes Hearsay, no exception PX105 n/a n/a Driver's License, Brian Keith Ingram Yes Hearsay, no exception PX506 n/a n/a Article "Biggest Setback in Decades" Yes Hearsay, no exception PX509 n/a n/a Article "Voter ID Critics Slam Measure" Yes Hearsay, no exception PX513 n/a n/a Amicus - Crawford v. Marion Cty. Yes Relevance, FRE 401 PX526 n/a n/a Aaron Pena Yes PX530 n/a n/a Kay Bailey Hutchison (Senate Biographical Information Yes PX531 n/a n/a Leticia Van De Putte (Texas Tribune Yes

6 A B C D E F Case 1:12-cv RMC-DST-RLW Document Filed 07/13/12 Page 2 of 2 Attorney General's Objections to State of Texas's Trial Exhibits State of Texas v. Holder, 1:12-cv-128 (DDC 2012 PX532 n/a n/a Phil Gramm (Senate Biographical Information Yes PX538 n/a n/a Bio John Byars Yes PX539 n/a n/a Byars Driver License Yes PX540 n/a n/a Craft Driver License Yes PX547 n/a n/a Abbott Editorial - "Helping Stamp Out Voter Fraud in TX" Yes Hearsay, no exception PX 576 n/a n/a Preview of Brandon Craft - Redacted Yes PX577 n/a n/a Preview of Brandon Craft Yes