Voting Rights Act is attacked Express-News Copyright 2012 Express-News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 09:26 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has opened a new front in the state's war with the federal government over election law, directly challenging the constitutionality of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The new argument was voiced Wednesday in a lawsuit that asks a federal court in Washington, D.C., to approve Texas' controversial Voter ID law, which the U.S.