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Proponents of the law say that even if a voter doesn't have an ID, it is not something that hard to get.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Most every Texan already has a valid ID, but if they don’t they can get one for free," said Lauren Bean, spokeswoman ...</p> <p><a id="content_more" href="/web/20150421103122/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/02/texas-voter-id-law-hits-federal-court-tuesday/" class="more" title="Read full story">Full Story</a></p> </div> </article> <div id="comment_policy"> <header class="smallcaps"> <h1>Comment Policy</h1> </header> <p> The Texas Tribune is pleased to provide the opportunity for you to share your observations about this story. We encourage lively debate on the issues of the day, but we ask that you refrain from using profanity or other offensive speech, engaging in personal attacks or name-calling, posting advertising, or wandering away from the topic at hand. To comment, you must be a registered user of the Tribune, and your user name will be displayed. 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Voter id increases minority participation, and helps prevent voter fraud- which is the only way that Democrats can win outside of states with low information voters: http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/12/opinion/preston-texas-id-laws/</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 9:08 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Thrifty Senior </span> </p> <p class="comment">You need a toothbrush to brush your tooth. Why don't you need one to vote?</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1027042920"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1027042920/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 9:09 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1027042920">Stephen Smith</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">As an example of voter fraud in Texas: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/13/us/politics/texas-vote-buying-case-casts-glare-on-tradition-of-election-day-goads.html</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1331863723"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1331863723/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 9:18 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1331863723">Chuck Wright</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Unfair??? This might be the dumbest argument I have ever heard. . .do they not realize that registered black voters actually turn out in greater numbers than registered white voters?. . . . .Now it might be "unfair" to voters trying to engage in voter fraud or not eligible to vote. . . .like the woman in Ohio convicted of voting multiple times. . . .</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=612700400"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/612700400/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 9:24 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=612700400">Buddy Luce</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Is it too much to expect the Tribune to come out and just state there is NO credible evidence that in person voter fraud is or ever was a real problem! It is like giving credence to Koch fossil fuel argument that climate science is inaccurate. Oh, didn't Heritage and Kochs push Voter ID as a problem to suppress votes?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=653915923"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/653915923/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 9:37 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=653915923">Tom McNeal</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">causes many elderly folks who have worked and paid into the system all their lives not to vote.My wife had to drive an elderly lady over 20 miles to get a photo I.D. this is not an isolated incident thousands are affected.The elderly people rely more upon programs like Social security and Medicaid. To limit their access to the polls is wrong. There is no voter fraud, just another ploy by GOP supporters who want to cut Social security benefits and limit the power of the elderly. They ought to be ashamed of their behavior, because gerrymandering and redrawing districts aint enough ,they also want to limit legal citizens access to the polls-</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1320935417"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1320935417/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 9:41 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1320935417">Peggy Chenault</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Having the EXACT name match is a big pain for election workers. Try explaining a change of name form or the similar name affidavit to someone who has never had a problem voting. They can't believe the id law affects them. They don't think THEY are the problem. It's THEM!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1369831221"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1369831221/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 9:41 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1369831221">Rob Jones</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">The left thinks minority voters are incapable of figuring out how to get an ID... then maintains those who think they are capable are racists? Odd.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000105665213"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100000105665213/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 9:42 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000105665213">Erik von Holstein-Rathlou</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">To assume that minorities are incapable of obtaining an ID is racist.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 9:46 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Thrifty Senior </span> </p> <p class="comment">Voter ID was passed to prevent voter fraud about like HB2 was passed to protect womens' health. </p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1525044498"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1525044498/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 9:52 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1525044498">Lynn Proctor</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I have a voter registration card. That's all I should need to vote. Period. End of story. Anything else is just a poll tax in another form and violates the 24th amendment.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1746965475"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1746965475/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 9:56 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1746965475">Doris Murdock</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Voter registration entities should reach out to assist those who live in counties that have no DPS office, send around a van with registrars, kind of like there used to be bookmobiles.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=37501977"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/37501977/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 10 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=37501977">Elliott Scheirman</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">How is that unfair to minority voters? Are those pushing ahead with the lawsuit under the racist impression that minorities are helpless and incapable of getting ID?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 10:11 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Thrifty Senior </span> </p> <p class="comment">The cute remarks about it being "racist" to suggest that African Americans find it harder to acquire a photo id miss the mark. The demographic data for who does and does not have one - for whatever reasons - speaks for itself. Those without include seniors and the poor of any complexion, eligible citizens all, who may or may not drive, cash checks, fly in airplanes, or any of the other things you Marie Antoinette types seem to think everybody does.</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1550243017"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1550243017/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 10:12 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1550243017">K'Lin Noble</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">It's unfair to illegals, so it most likely will be overturned. Smh.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 10:15 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Pickles Sorrell </span> </p> <p class="comment">This is a liberal federal judge who, if she is like Lee Yeakel, and does not care about case law, the constitution or being overturned, will probably rule in the Plaintiffs favor. The Fifth Circuit, which is 10-5 Conservative/Liberal (also known as 10/5 intelligent/liberal knee-jerk), will then overturn the case.<br/><br/>If the Plaintiffs get a ruling in time for the general election, I'm confident the Fifth Circuit will issue a stay, and a Voter ID will be required for the November election - so you liberals would not be able to steal Wendy Davis' way into the Governor's office (not that that is even a remote possibility).</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 10:26 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Thrifty Senior </span> </p> <p class="comment">Like all good "conservatives" ms Pickles seeks to win elections by keeping the other side from voting. It's those "conservative values" they like to talk about.</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1407160872"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1407160872/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 10:30 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1407160872">Mike Decuir</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">If it's unfair to require a photo id to vote, then why do we have to show a photo id to drive? Or, show a photo id to get on a plane? Or, show a photo id to buy alcohol & cigarettes. What else requires a photo id? Open a Bank Account, Apply for Food Stamps, Medicare & Medicaid, buy a gun, apply for a mortgage, get married, book a hotel room, apply for a fishing license, buy a cell phone, go to a casino, purchase spray paint, etc. Finally, the most memorable instance of a group requiring a photo id was the NAACP. They required the media to present a photo id to see Eric Holder Speak. http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/07/10/naacp_requires_photo_id_to_see_holder_speak</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=661880360"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/661880360/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 10:36 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=661880360">Kelly Harlan</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Partisan liberal crap</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 10:44 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> D W </span> </p> <p class="comment">hm, if we were really concerned about voter ID fraud, then we really need to consider creatingt some form of id at birth. since the birth certificate doesnt contain any thing that can be used over the entire life of a person. and we really cant use finger prints because there are issues with that. so i suppose we need to use DNA test to identify us all. any thing else is a bandage after the fact that in reality doesnt work and cant. and since it seems to be in the interest of the state to be able to identify any of us. the state should pay for all of this. </p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002171540610"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100002171540610/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 11:01 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002171540610">Edward De La Cruz</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Personally, I think Corpus Christi is the worst place to have a Judge make this ruling. People down here have no concept of voting rights or the 24th Amendment, and Judges are no different. Welcome to the new Jim Crow, the fight has resumed. </p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1202572213"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1202572213/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 11:03 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1202572213">Fred H. Speno</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Important case!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000386661807"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100000386661807/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 11:11 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000386661807">Christopher Thornton</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I have voted in every election since 2000. I have never had a problem voting. In the past I showed my voter registration card, if I remembered to bring it. More than once I forgot it and had to show my drivers license instead. Now I only have to show my drivers license. I don't even have to worry about bringing my voter registration card anymore. I don't see what the problem is. Everyone in Texas age 18 and up is supposed to have a picture ID. And you can get a voting photo ID for FREE if you need one. There is no excuse not to have a photo ID to vote.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 11:12 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Thrifty Senior </span> </p> <p class="comment">DW.<br/>Yeah. Then when you go to vote they swab your mouth and you go have a seat while they send your sample to the lab...<br/><br/>But notbto worry. VID advocates won't allow anything to pass that requires THEM to do anything. </p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1407160872"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1407160872/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 11:13 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1407160872">Mike Decuir</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Funny how this case is coming up right before an election.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=509190723"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/509190723/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 11:15 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=509190723">Clayton Stapleton</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">This will be decided in court and not our comments in this post. Personal I believe we have not seen voter fraud as the political party stated when the felt we needed this law. Looking into my crystal ball I see this being ruled "unconstitutional". It purpose is clear.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 11:15 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Thrifty Senior </span> </p> <p class="comment">What demographic group doesn't cash checks, fly in planes, purchase alcohol or cigarettes, or go to sparcely attended political events ? Hmmm...</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1313587752"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1313587752/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 11:55 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1313587752">Jan Wheeler</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I heard on the radio this morning that the decision won't be made before the November elections!! So, even if they decide to throw it out, it will still apply to the 2014 elections.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=38706536"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/38706536/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 11:56 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=38706536">Kevin Schaumburg</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Mark Kohlin</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=612700400"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/612700400/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 12:02 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=612700400">Buddy Luce</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">J Patrick I wonder why we are so in tune and write about the abuses of Abbott and the GOP toward voters and people trying to register voters and the Texas Tribune folks just write a namby pamby one side says one thing and the other side says another. Lets go Texas Tribune do your job and call out the lies and fraudulent arguments of Abbott and the GOP voter suppression efforts. It is undiputed that the total and complete Voter ID issue is a solution which never had a problem.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=612700400"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/612700400/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 12:04 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=612700400">Buddy Luce</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">As I understand Abbott's defense of the Suppression filled Texas law now is that it is ok to discriminate as long as you do it for political purposes. Crazy huh. #UniteBlue #GOTV</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=585947287"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/585947287/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 12:05 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=585947287">Scott Creasy</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Do I still have to register to vote if I have my drivers license with me?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1081373296"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1081373296/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 12:12 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1081373296">Brent Peters</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Let's get rid of voter registration and if you are over 18 you get one vote. After a person votes they get marked so they can't vote again...maybe a quick cut or small tattoo on the forehead</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008240356110"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100008240356110/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 12:23 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008240356110">Mike Bradburn</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">what a joke. get an id and vote.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1506739789"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1506739789/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 12:31 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1506739789">Tiki Terri</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">They just want to push that voter fraud for Obama don't they ??? Haha</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003725818654"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100003725818654/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 12:39 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003725818654">Maria Saldana</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Photo id is not difficult ... why a problem?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1385807655"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1385807655/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 12:46 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1385807655">Chris Felts</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Should be valid id with finger prints to match with retina scan too haha</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1530362667"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1530362667/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 12:48 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1530362667">Jim Coloma</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">in rigged electronic election</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003976852915"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100003976852915/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 1:14 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003976852915">Melody McKinstrie</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Voter suppression. Plain and simple. Requiring an ID is akin to a poll tax. You have to pay to get a birth certificate. You have to pay to get a license or non-drivers ID. In person Voter fraud is very low. It is just a tactic to affect the poor and minorities who may not be able to get IDs.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1186807335"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1186807335/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 1:40 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1186807335">Darryl Dc Clark</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I'm confused? Is this new in Texas. I cant remember a time I did not have to show my ID to vote?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1439607875"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1439607875/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 2:23 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1439607875">Paula C. Day</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Only citizens should vote. How else can someone showing up to vote be certified properly?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000076282982"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100000076282982/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 2:47 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000076282982">Paula Williams</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Because it's a "Poll Tax" and impacts poor/elderly/disabled people greater than any other groups. They have to take time off minimum wage jobs (if they have one & if the boss lets them), pay for transportation, child care, the cost of the ID, etc. in order to use a constitutional right to vote. And the cases of voter fraud - MOST perpetrated by Republican voters and even then only at a rate of .00002%. It's just an effort to BLOCK the vote. Privileged/healthy/young people rarely understand the difficulty to obtain an ID.<br/>http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/voter-id-laws-charts-maps</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1765548211"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1765548211/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 2:48 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1765548211">Stuart C. Carter</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">If we don't require people to show an ID to vote then we need to repeal all ID requirements in this country because they are to invasive also.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=782333780"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/782333780/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 2:55 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=782333780">David M. Davenport</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Voter fraud doesn't exist...this is neo-Jim Crow and needs to be tossed</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1683452132"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1683452132/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 3:06 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1683452132">Elizabeth Golemon</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">please have the integrity of Judge Yeakel.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1380829935"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1380829935/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 3:09 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1380829935">Original Thomas</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Voter fraud is a myth in Texas in the United States. The incidence is so infrequent that Greg Abbott is only prosecuted 5 times in the whole time that he's been attorney general. Hopefully in the court case amongst the evidence will be the emails between Republican leaders where they strategize on how to reduce accidents at the poles for Democrats and voter registration is idea one.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 3:42 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> William Ardis </span> </p> <p class="comment">Let me get this straight, Voter ID is not aimed at minorities, so then all the voter fraud has been committed by . . . . ? And since it is such a rampant problem in recent years, and republicans have won most of the races in texas, then the party committing the voter fraud is . . . .? <br/><br/>Funny that no one is sending groups (like true the vote(?)) to monitor the polls in the areas that vote heavily republican since that is where the fraud is? <br/><br/>Funny that we don't see any conservatives demanding that perry, dewhurst, abbott, paxton, patrick et. al. step down since they are obviously benefited from voter fraud?</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000218457664"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100000218457664/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 4:43 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000218457664">Steve Moore</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">The GOP feel like they can't win unless they find a way of excluding unlicensed or women who have changed their names.<br/>A voter registration card should be enough.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1444056646"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1444056646/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 8:16 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1444056646">Romy Garcia</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I've been voting since 2000. Now I only get provisional ballots because Texas DPS didn't print my middle name on my driver's license. I did nothing but pay for the ID and present on out of state ID, passport, and social security card (all of which contain my middle name) to get the Texas DL. If DPS can't get it straight, why should their issued IDs be the holy grail of voter identification?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1210505472"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1210505472/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 10:21 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1210505472">Charles White</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Hopefully the Federal High Court will reverse course on this travesty--- pre Civil Rights era voter suppression bill, drafted by a rouge Texas Legislature and signed into law by Texas' reigning felony indicted Governor. Out of deference to Gov. Perry's 18 years of undistinguished service, indeed he's not guilty of today's alleged charges until proven guilty by a jury of his peers. And as a Texan, that shouldn't be a difficult threshold to cross ideologically. Only problem for Rick Perry: this is the Bible beltway.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1015384247"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1015384247/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 10:56 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1015384247">Tx Crochetlover</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">In NC, I just gave my name at the voting location, They never asked for ID or my voter registration card.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=659890945"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/659890945/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 2, 2014 @ 11:50 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=659890945">Leo Anderson</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">ever rode the ACORN express? they go from poll to poll in a "magic" bus full of goons that stuff ballots. they don't have time to get 20 or 30 different IDs of dead ppl so they can vote for them</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=696090613"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/696090613/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 3, 2014 @ 12:44 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=696090613">Paul Hughes</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Quite ridiculous and baldly political to pose proving citizenship and identity being an obstacle to voting rights. It is only common sense that those who cannot prove their identity probably are not eligible to vote -- or like so many Democrat voters, dead!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=696090613"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/696090613/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 3, 2014 @ 12:49 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=696090613">Paul Hughes</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">If you do not have a driver's license, you can get an Election Identification Certificate for free at the DPS.<br/><br/>The only people who could possibly have a problem with that would be Illegal Aliens and other criminals who do not want to get caught.<br/><br/>http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/driverlicense/electionid.htm</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1333339350"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1333339350/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 3, 2014 @ 9:26 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1333339350">Felix Cantu Garza</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">This will affect the elderly to not just minorities.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=526988828"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/526988828/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 3, 2014 @ 9:53 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=526988828">Karen Stone Congdon</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I have my ID and voting card and ready as always to vote with them!!!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 3, 2014 @ 11:15 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Thrifty Senior </span> </p> <p class="comment">My name is Marie Antoinette . I have my cake and my bread and I am always ready for you to watch me eat them if you like.</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000918404727"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100000918404727/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 3, 2014 @ 11:22 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000918404727">Douglas Wunneburger</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Mr. Decuir, I do not have a constitutional right to do any of those other things for which you point out that an ID is required. I do have a right to vote.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1592735905"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1592735905/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> September 4, 2014 @ 2 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1592735905">Sonya Rowe</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150421103122/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10152622450855837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Why is it so different for a low income single parent black person from a white person in the same situation? I have a friend who happens to be white who has to borrow bus fare to get around. She lives on SSI for a living (@ $700 per month), and can only avoid homelessness by sharing a one bedroom apartment and eating a LOT of starchy food (protein once in a while would be so much better for her). Her life just seems to me like an endless hike through quicksand. <br/><br/>She can't afford anything we all take for granted: rent. 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