Texas Voter ID laws looking like they will work as planned... Which is to disenfranchise certain citizens... Ever since he turned 18 he has made a point of voting in general elections, having been brought up by his African American parents to think that it is important, part of what he calls “doing the right thing”. He remembers the excitement of voting for Barack Obama in 2008 to help elect the country’s first black president, his grandmother crying tears of joy on election night. “My grandfather and uncle, they used to tell me all the time there will be a black president. I never believed it, never in a million years.” He voted again for Obama in 2012, and turned out for the 2010 midterm elections in between. But this year is different. Kennie is one of an estimated 600,000 Texans who, though registered to vote, will be unable to do so because they cannot meet photo-identification requirements set out in the state’s new voter-ID law, SB14. Please read this article before you start listing all the different activities that require an ID and how easy ti is to get an ID... Thanks...
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:17:02 +0000
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