New Bill Would Repeal Texas Voter ID Law
State Rep. Eric Johnson, D-Dallas, started the 83rd legislative session with one issue in mind: voter identification laws.
Johnson filed five bills Thursday, his first legislation of the new session, aiming to both increase voter participation and strike down a bill requiring voters to show photo IDs at the polls.
Senate Bill 14, the voter ID law, passed in 2011, requires voters to present a government-issued photo ID to cast their ballot, but the law has yet to be implemented. It was rejected by both the U.S. Department of Justice and a federal three-judge panel in 2012. The rulings ...
Comments (6)
Rudy Gonzales
Every voter across the state and nation should be issued a photo-ID voting certificate to vote. States should be mandated to provide this document to their populations no matter their race, color, creed, station in life, living standards or any other limitation. Anyone caught impeding or countering this law should be imprisoned for a minimum of thirty years without parole. Do not sit on the sidelines and allow the few with the most power and stroke to make decisions that will effect you directly without your input. We must remember that money and power in the hands of fewer and fewer people with stricter less compassion has taken hold in many states and Washington is their next target. Do not sit on the sidelines and allow others to make decisions that will effect you, or your family directly, without your input. Get active in local, state and national politics and keep yourselves informed. We can make a great change in the 2014 Mid-term election!
elissa fuchs
Rep. Johnson is right-- "This is a bedrock, the foundational issues that all other issues flow from". That is why he should be in full support and willing to co-sponser, E-VOTE. Everyone can e-vote using the same technology that's available for e-file for taxpayers. It is proven safe and secure. We can vote from our home computers, libraries or telephone (for those without computers). E-Vote will be our first opportunity to have a fair election in this country since our social security numbers are unique. Once someone is declared deceased their social security number reflects this, so the dead will no longer vote.
The argument the left has about e-voting being unfair has no merit, since the poor get their Lone-Starcards, Medicaid, and other gov't.benefits through their social security numbers. E-VOTE should be an extension of this established process. Our federal gov't. supports and endorses e-file and e-verify programs. Texans can and should lead the way getting this up and running before the 2014 elections. With our capabilities we would be a laughing stock not to do it. I'm sure Rep Johnson would agree?
Jim Golub
I wonder what he's afraid of? An honest vote? Requiring people to show voter ID will not prevent any person legally eligible to vote from doing so. Any claims to the contrary are disingenuous or, more simply put, patently ridiculous.
David Spratt
I thought they were free to people that cannot afford $10 or whatever it is . It is two years till the next election ,, you think they could find the time to either apply for a free one or save up $10 in the next two years to get one. How lazy are these people anyway?
gypsy314 ne
See a democrat wants to have illegal aliens to vote they can not win honestly and will do everything they can to cheat and this is one thing keeping them from doing so.
Anya Khan
While I believe he is wrong wrong wrong, the Rep is acting upon his beliefs. Make sure YOUR rep knows how important this law is to the voters of Texas.