Texas moves to soften voter ID law after judge finds bias

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Texas moves to soften voter ID law after judge finds bias

By PAUL J. WEBER, ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas — May 23, 2017, 5:57 PM ET

Texas Republicans are moving to weaken a voter ID law and send it to Gov. Greg Abbott after a judge twice ruled that the original version deliberately tried to suppress minority voters.

The changes heading toward approval Tuesday by the GOP-controlled House wouldn't expand the list of IDs that Texas has required since 2011. Gun licenses remain acceptable, but not college IDs.

The new law would let people without an ID cast a ballot if they sign an affidavit.

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[Alice11111]

1. Gun licenses, not student IDs. That's Texas. Plus, colleges

are not allowed to keep guns off campus and out of classrooms, even if the students and faculty vote overwhelmingly to bar guns, as happened at the University of Texas at Austin.

The Texas legislature is even worse than our US Congress. It's good to see Texans forming Resist Movements and giving Repubs hell.