In Texas, you can use Gun License as Voter ID but you can't use your college ID

[tulipsandroses]

I just heard that on tv. Good grief. Have gun can vote. - Anyone that does not see that these so called voter ID laws are nothing but voter suppression is fooling themselves.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Can we give it back to Mexico?

[area51]

6. There are decent people in Texas, but you knew that.

[UTUSN]

15. As BEGALA said, "It's not a Red state, it's a NON-VOTING state."

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Beause being armed is more important than being educated ...

... at least when you're looking for R votes.

[ananda]

3. Everyone should get a gun license then..

...

[FBaggins]

4. One is a state-issued ID and the other isn't

They will, however, accept a utility bill

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. College ID is not a state issued ID, unlike a firearm CCW ID.

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A college ID just shows that the student is attending that particular college, but they could be out of state students, whereas, a CCW permit is a state issued ID given only to TX residents.

As pointed out, you can show a utility bill proving that you are a resident of the state.

[BGBD]

13. Yup

There is plenty of logic to this.

As somebody else pointed out, if a CCW works for a voter ID then just go get one. They arent all that hard to get, especially now. You don't even have to own a gun to get one.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. The Texas Democratic Party andRep. Marc Veasey sued and got this law largely gutted

This law was in effect in its original form only for the 2014 election and it was effective

Chad Dunn represented Marc Veasey and other and got this law gutted. Even the 5th Circuit affirmed this ruling. Now you can vote with a college id or other form of id if you sign a reasonable impairment declaration

[Dial H For Hero]

8. The post office will accept a concealed weapons permit as ID, but not a college ID.

(I'm a retired postal clerk)

[ScratchCat]

9. Its because the gun ID is a legal State ID

While a college ID is not. Its like this in every State I know of. A school ID is not an official State ID.

[JCMach1]

12. This... LTC in Texas is almost identical to a driver's license

I could also use my security license for the same reason.

[lagomorph777]

10. It's also handy for shooting pets and children.

[Dr. Strange]

11. Don't you have to be a resident of the state in order to vote?

To get the gun license, you have to be a resident of the state, so it would make sense that that could be used. But you can be a resident of a foreign country and still get a college ID while attending a college in any state. The college ID doesn't signify that you're a resident of the state.

[tulipsandroses]

14. I think a reasonable question is: Has there been a problem with out state students or non citizens

committing voter fraud? Or is this a problem that republicans are fixing that was never a problem in the first place, and by doing so, limiting the people they think will not vote for them anyway. Which was their original plan anyway.

As far as whether an out of state student can vote in that state.

In 2009, Niemi, Hanmer, and Jackson sought to clarify where college students can vote. Though the issue remains contentious, the answer was clear: students have a legal right to vote in their college town or in their “home town,” whichever they regard as their principal residence—so long, of course, as they meet age and other requirements and do not attempt to vote in two places.

[link:https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ELJ.2020.0664|

You can declare your college state as your permanent residence. After all you do live there 9 months out of the year for most students.
The question a student would have to ask themselves, do I want my vote to count in my college state or my home state? They can't vote in both places.
Why did the republicans over the last 10 yrs think that this was a pressing issue that they needed to fix? Is it because young people have helped deliver crushing defeats? Not that they had a rash of fraudulent college voters..........

As someone on the program I was watching mentioned, I am sure they studied this issue 6 ways to Sunday to figure out what demographic tends to have the kind of IDs that they want to accept.

It sounds good on the surface to say, oh yeah, having State ID makes sense until you take a deeper look to see its just more republican BS