Multiple ID voting bill wins preliminary OK (Texas)

Houston Chronicle ^ | May 13, 2005 | R.G. RATCLIFFE

[CT CONSERVATIVE]

The bill's sponsor, Elections Chair Mary Denny, R-Aubrey, said it is not too much to ask people to prove their identity before voting to preserve the integrity of the election process. DAMN RIGHT

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Democrats said the bill is meant to deter minorities and elderly people from voting.

Just require the same kinds of identification these folks need to receive basic government services. That'll be a start.

[null and void]

Just require the same kinds of identification these folks need to receive basic government services.

And what, pray tell, is that?

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

And what, pray tell, is that?

Good question. To be honest, I don't know. I'm one of those that the govt shakes down in order to provide the services to others.

[Liberty Valance]

Bump

[randog]

House foes say additional proofs meant to keep some groups away from ballots

Yeah, those that can't legally vote, a majority of whom vote democrat.

[Texas_Jarhead]

Good news BUMP

[Graycliff]

It's about DAMN Time.

[1066AD]

GOOD.

Now kill that fraud-prone motor voter law.

[Americanexpat]

I agree, that will shake up the democrats in cities like Chicago. With all the fraud, thefts and criminal and terrorist activity in the world today everybody should have some form of picture ID.

[jmaroneps37]

I can just hear molly yard saying "I AM OUTRAGED!!"

[BJClinton]

Wild prediction here: if this passes, El Paso, 'the Valley' and Jefferson are "in play" in '06 and '08.

[Little Pig]

I have yet to understand how requiring ID to vote could be "voter suppression and intimidation".

[Republican Red]

Georgia has the same law now, just signed by Sonny Purdue. The black legislators went into crazed behavior in fighting the legislation. They even walked out of a session in unison because they called the law "racist". Purdue signed it anyway.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution/Gallup did a poll about it and lo and behold 80% of Georgians support showing id to vote.

[MeekOneGOP]

Republicans argued the legislation would reduce voter fraud in Texas, but Democrats said the bill is meant to deter minorities and elderly people from voting.

Is the translation here that the DemoKrauts are saying that their voters are too stupid to vote?

Not to mention they're playing the race card here, huh?

Keep Florida 2000 election in mind.

[Dog Gone]

It looks like this has a pretty good chance of being signed into law in a couple of months. I hope the trend takes off around the country, although that's a matter of which party controls the state legislatures.

In some states where the Democrats control things, like California, citizens can still put propositions on the ballot to bypass the legislature.

[MeekOneGOP]

Wow! The 'RATS have all the BS talking points down pat:

• ..... Democrats said the bill is meant to deter minorities and elderly people from voting.

• "It's not about fraud. It's about voter suppression and intimidation," Coleman said.

• Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, said the measure is more about promoting a political agenda than eliminating voter fraud.

[Flyer]

"It's not about fraud. It's about voter suppression and intimidation," Coleman said.

Garnett knows about intimidation. Just ask his kid's principal.

Police hauled state Representative Garnet Coleman to jail last week on misdemeanor assault charges filed by a Montessori school principal. Just three days before that, a contact called The Insider to complain that the legislator was out of control. Coleman, explained the source, had put himself on the board of the Midtown Reinvestment Zone in July and was using his clout as an elected official to intimidate members.

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[BJClinton]

"voter suppression and intimidation".

In South Texas there are thousands of dead people and illegal aliens on the voter rolls. They would be supprssed and intimidated. I think of this as Undead Jim Crow Laws.