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Federal appeals court restores Texas voter-ID law |
2018-04-28 |
[Wash Times] A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Texas’s new version of its voter-ID law can go into effect, rebuking a lower court judge for trying to block the law and delivering a significant victory to voter-integrity advocates. The original law passed earlier this decade had been blocked after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded both its purpose and effect was to punish minority voters. But the state legislature went back and made changes, and the 5th Circuit, in a 2-1 ruling, now says the new version cures what ailed the previous one. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hailed the ruling. "The court rightly recognized that when the Legislature passed Senate Bill 5 last session, it complied with every change the 5th Circuit ordered to the original voter ID law," he said. "Safeguarding the integrity of our elections is essential to preserving our democracy." The new law includes a longer list of ID options that are acceptable for voting purposes, allows people to use expired identification for even longer and requires mobile dispensaries to dole out election identification documents to those who might not otherwise have a valid ID for voting purposes. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#6 I've tried to use my retired naval officer ID to vote here in Virginia. They prefer a driver's license because they have a scanner that can read the bar codes. |
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-04-28 20:18 |
#5 Skid, I have voted using my concealed carry permit as ID. My driver's license had expired (five days before the election), but the permit hadn't. This was in Ohio. |
Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-04-28 17:58 |
#4 Skid, in Texas a Concealed Handgun Carry license is considered a higher level of ID reliability than a driver's license. A driver's license requires birth certificate, tests, a photo, and a fee. A Carry license requires birth certificate, test, fingerprints, photo, an FBI background check, and a fee. |
Posted by: ed in texas 2018-04-28 11:10 |
#3 What are the penalties for voter fraud and conspiracy to commit? |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-04-28 08:07 |
#2 the Texas law — which accepts handgun licenses as sufficient identification to vote... |
Posted by: Skidmark 2018-04-28 05:36 |
#1 This ruling should have a profound impact across the nation. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-28 02:43 |