Texas Senate approve electronic voter registration

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2. Voter ID

There is some faint hope that the SCOTUS will not fully strike down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Even if Section 5 is ruled to be unconstitutional, there will be additional litigation under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and under the poll tax amendment. The Missouri State Supreme Court ruled that a voter id law that required one to pay for a birth certificate in order to vote was a poll tax. Weinschenk v. State, 203 SW 3d 201 - Mo: Supreme Court 2006 In order to get the Election Identification Certificate under SB 14, one has to pay for an official birth certificate. The requirement that one has to travel more than 100 miles round trip to vote may also be considered to be a poll tax.

I am working with the State Party on a program to help people get ids if SB 14 (the Texas voter suppression/id law) becomes effective. My proposed program will not solve the transportation issue but may help the Texas Democratic Party help fight the effects of SB 14