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Texas Gains National Spotlight in Voter ID Law Debate

For_The_Republic Wrote: Jul 18, 2012 4:39 PM
"In West Texas, some people would have a 200-mile round-trip drive to the nearest state office to get a card" State office? as in a DMV? Where they MAIL you your ID card?...Transportation from their couch to the mailbox is so long and arduous...

The debate over laws requiring a photo ID to vote has been contentious lately, to say the least. Texas recently became the next state to be thrust into the conversation. Representative Trey Martinez Fischer, who currently serves as the Chairman of the Mexican-American Legislative Caucus within the Texas House of Representatives, traveled to the nation’s Capitol recently to argue against voter ID laws.

His reasoning was based on an absurd observation, claiming that the lack of transportation posed a serious problem for many individuals. “In West Texas, some people would have a 200-mile round-trip drive to the nearest state office to...

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