So the voter ID bill is being debated on the floor of the Texas House (you can view it live right here). The incredible shrinking Dem caucus will be offering up thousands, if not tens of thousands, of amendments, points-of-order, and temper tantrums in a vain attempt to stall the measure or at least until they can flee to that safe haven of Rockford, Illinois. OMG Road Trip!
Republican supporters of voter ID, including the Republican Hispanic Conference, claim that the legislation will prevent voter fraud and that ago old tradition of keep the polls open in Houston and El Paso long enough to "catch up" in those rare closely contested elections. Democrat opponents of the bill say that the legislation will target the “elderly,” known as “voting by dead people,” and disenfranchise "minority voters" aslo know as "illegal aliens."
You have to show an ID in order to check out a library book, turn on utilities, and, OMG file for unemployment insurance and "benefits", I don't see what the big deal is. Unless you're engaged in voter fraud? Me thinks they doth protest too much!
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