Posted on Sep 25, 2020
Block The Vote: The Use Of Voter ID Laws In Texas | 1A
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The history of casting a ballot in the United States has been marked by the battles to make voting accessible. While poll taxes and literacy tests are no longer legal, some states have turned to other laws that voting access advocates say turn voters away. Most states now require some form of identification.
In Texas, you’re required to bring photo identification with you to the polls. But many types of IDs aren’t permissible — including those issued for students, workers and military members. It’s a result of a law that determines what forms of identification are accepted in an effort to prevent fraud. But that law been called one of the strictest in the nation.
Voting rights advocates say the law purposefully discriminates against Black and Latino voters. It led to a years-long battle in court to ease the restrictions that ultimately ruled to keep the law on the books. Still, some experts say the law, and others like it, remain a form a voter suppression. And polling suggests these laws are popular with most Americans.
We’re exploring the use of voter ID laws in Texas as a part of our “Block The Vote” series.
In Texas, you’re required to bring photo identification with you to the polls. But many types of IDs aren’t permissible — including those issued for students, workers and military members. It’s a result of a law that determines what forms of identification are accepted in an effort to prevent fraud. But that law been called one of the strictest in the nation.
Voting rights advocates say the law purposefully discriminates against Black and Latino voters. It led to a years-long battle in court to ease the restrictions that ultimately ruled to keep the law on the books. Still, some experts say the law, and others like it, remain a form a voter suppression. And polling suggests these laws are popular with most Americans.
We’re exploring the use of voter ID laws in Texas as a part of our “Block The Vote” series.
Block The Vote: The Use Of Voter ID Laws In Texas | 1A
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You need an ID to get liquor or cigarettes.
You need an ID to get on an airplane.
You need an ID to open a bank account.
You need an ID to get a job.
Why is it that it is so obtrusive to need an ID to vote? And further, who is the voter that does none of the above?
You need an ID to get on an airplane.
You need an ID to open a bank account.
You need an ID to get a job.
Why is it that it is so obtrusive to need an ID to vote? And further, who is the voter that does none of the above?
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Good grief. If you live n a state get a drivers license for that state! Most states make it pretty easy to get an instate drivers license etc. Trum in the old one get a new in state. If you aren’t a resident of the state get an absentee ballot. You can request an absentee ballot, vote early, and vote on Election Day. These isn’t running a marathon, building a space craft etc. if you can figure it out you are probably to dumb to vote. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yW2LpFkVfYk
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I don’t understand the opposition to voter ID laws. We already need to show a photo ID to cash a personal check, or enter a military installation or VA facility or do any number of things in our everyday lives, so showing a photo ID at a polling place is no big deal.
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