Wendy Davis could have beat Governor Good Hair if EVERYBODY had a free and unfettered path to the Ballot Box. .... HOUSTON – A day before Texans go to the polls, an unusual group gathered for lunch at a Mexican restaurant not far from downtown: an unemployed African-American grandmother; a University of Houston student originally from Pennsylvania; a pregnant mother who had recently moved back to the area with her family; and a low-income white woman who struggled to make eye contact and kept her money in a pack strapped around her waist. They had not met each other before, but they had one thing in common: Thanks to Texas’s strict voter ID law, they all faced massive hurdles in casting a vote. Over fish tacos and guacamole, they shared their stories—hesitantly at first, then with growing eagerness as they realized they weren’t alone in being victimized by their state. msnbc/msnbc/texas-sees-surge-disenfranchised-voters
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 19:12:39 +0000