Featured Texas' Restrictive Voter ID Law Stops A Former U.S. House Speaker From Getting A Vote

Your own words betray you.

Bothsidesofthemouthitis. The only cure is honesty.

 

Interesting question. It would seem that there is some inconsistency.

Do absentee ballots not get counted the same in Texas or something? Because they only seem to be concerned about folks voting on election day having a current government issued photo id.

This kinda reminds me of the what the guy in NC said and did. They know that the law is designed to disparately keep Democrats and minorities who tend to not have these forms of id from voting other than provisionally.

If on its face there is prima facie evidence that it disparately impacts protected groups( race, gender,etc), and this one has been shown to do so, it's legally discriminatory.

And isn't it a bit odd to accept a concealed handgun license but no a student ID from any of the states public universities?:laugh: Students overwhelmingly vote Democrat vs gun owners voting Republican.

It's hilarious how partisan and discriminatory the bill is and folks know it, but continue to try and justify that it isn't. Shameful that folks are this partisan.

 

My mother is 92 and does not have any of those documents.

 

That she doesn't is no indication she can't get them. Same with the ex-legislator from Texas. Perhaps it would have been clearer had I stated it thusly.

 

My saintly mother no longer attends church because of arthritis. Yet she's supposed to go wait in line at the DMV or elsewhere to "prove" she lives in the same house, same voting district she's been in for the past 58 years? Not going to happen.

 

This references back to your original question regarding absentee ballot requirements. Her signature will be compared to the one on file. Even if made shaky with age, it will still be similar enough, I would guess, to pass muster.

 

If someones elderly mother can wait in line to vote she can wait in line to get a legitimate ID.

 

She did vote via absentee balloting last election. We don't have voter ID in Minnesota. In any event, voter photo ID laws would not have any effect on voter fraud via absentee ballots, correct? So if someone wanted to game the system they would simply turn to absentee balloting.

 

She can't wait in line to vote which is why she went to absentee voting last election. However, photo voter ID laws can't prevent voter fraud by absentee ballots.

 

Especially if they're an ex-congressman.

You said it. Stop trying to say you didn't. Doesn't matter what you said on other posts. I used your own words. Your words give us the impression congresspeople deserve better than us.


Back to the O/P. I like it when the same rules apply to them as do us. I have to show a current ID to vote. So should everybody.

 

Especially if it is a Democrat.

 

Legitimate according to whom? Why should she have to if what she has used for years to vote has suddenly been changed because folks are playing partisan politics? Are student ids not legitimate? And if all that other stuff can be used for absentee ballots, what's the REAL purpose here?

 

Precisely. So again, what are they REALLY trying to do in Texas with this law?

If more Republicans show up to vote on election day because they've got the requisite ID, exit polling will show them winning and probably discourage other Dems from even bothering to vote.

The intent, whether or not the GOP in Texas wants to admit it, is to discourage and disenfranchise Democrat voters. The law is discriminatory on its face.

 

Do folks with concealed handgun licenses deserve better than students?

 

:laugh:

Nice try, but you are hardly worth any of my time. Take your prejudice somewhere else.

 

Aww. Hypocritical , prejudiced "conservatives" the only ones invited to this party?:tear:

 

"Discriminatory"? Discriminating against who? Democrats?

Seems to me, *any* 90-year-old with an expired driver's license is going to be denied the opportunity, regardless of their race, sexual orientation, etc. So where's the discrimination?

 

We might ask you the same question regarding this post.