Texas will loosen restrictions on its voter identification requirements ahead of the November election, according to an agreement filed with a federal district court judge on Wednesday.

The agreement comes a little more than a week after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Texas law passed in 2013 went too far in limiting the types of identification voters could show at the polls. The Circuit Court ordered Texas and voting rights advocates to agree on an interim remedy that would allow more voters to cast ballots.

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In November, Texas voters will be allowed to show expired identification cards that are fewer than four years old, according to a document outlining the agreement filed with District Court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos.

Voters will be able to show non-photo proof of identification, like a birth certificate or a current utility bill, if they sign a statement claiming they were impeded in obtaining a photo identification. That statement will be available to voters in several languages, including Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese, and elections officials will not be allowed to question the validity of any impediment declaration.

Texas officials also agreed to spend $2.5 million on a voter education plan, aimed at letting voters know they will be allowed to cast a ballot even without a photo identification.

The agreement, signed by representatives of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), plaintiffs who sued to reverse Texas’s voter identification law and the U.S. Department of Justice, means the state will not appeal the 5th Circuit decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. It represents another hint that voter identification backers believe the terrain has fundamentally shifted in recent months, as demonstrated by court rulings against voter identification laws in North Carolina, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Texas in recent weeks.

Paxton’s office did not immediately issue a statement explaining the agreement.