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State Chapters => Texas => Topic started by: Elderberry on August 23, 2023, 10:28:10 am
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Texas Scorecard by Erin Anderson August 22, 2023
The ID requirement was enacted in 2021 as part of a comprehensive election integrity measure.
A federal judge ruled that Texas election officials cannot reject mail-in ballots with wrong or missing identification numbers.
U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez found that the voter ID requirement violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Rodriguez agreed with the U.S. Department of Justice that providing a correct voter ID is “not material in determining whether voters are qualified under Texas law to vote or cast a mail ballot.”
Christine Welborn, executive director of Advancing Integrity, says the ID requirement “is for the protection of the voter as well as the integrity of the vote.”
“We must be able to determine that the person voting is the actual registered voter,” said Welborn. “In-person voting requires an ID and a signature; voting from mail should do the same.”
More: https://texasscorecard.com/state/federal-judge-says-texas-cant-reject-mail-ballots-with-wrong-voter-id/ (https://texasscorecard.com/state/federal-judge-says-texas-cant-reject-mail-ballots-with-wrong-voter-id/)
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:facepalm2:
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When (not "if", IMO) the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals smacks down this ruling, their decision should include a slap-down of this lunatic judge.
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Appointed by... W?!?!?! WTF?!?!
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Rodriguez agreed with the U.S. Department of Justice that providing a correct voter ID is “not material in determining whether voters are qualified under Texas law to vote or cast a mail ballot.”
Not material under Texas law? IT IS TEXAS LAW, DUMB-ASS!
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Appointed by... W?!?!?! WTF?!?!
Yup.
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Appointed by... W?!?!?! WTF?!?!
Not at all surprising given the fact that W wanted to put Harriett Myers on SCOTUS.
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APPEAL !
And do it quickly ... all the way to the top !