Targets Texas Lawmakers' Voter ID Law

On March 8, 2012 there was an article in The Texas Tribune; on the voter ID Law. There a decision in which lawmakers had to make a deciding whether the state could implement a controversial measure, which will require voters to show photo identification on any election poll. Under the federal regulation, Texas must receive preclearance from the Justice Department before implement laws that affect voting practices. The U.S. Department of Justice blocked Texas from trying to cast a new law that would not allow the people of Texas to cast a vote at electron that do not have some form of photo identification — a driver's license, state-issued personal ID card, military ID, U.S. passport, citizenship certificate, or concealed handgun license.

Texas lawmakers know that under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, they can not discrimination the rights to vote and that current allows Texans to present a non-photo voter registration card before casting a ballot. Voting Rights Act plainly states that “the right to ensure that proposed changes has neither the purpose nor will have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race color or membership in a language minority group.” As stated Texans had 60days to submit documents that will support the change that they was wanting, but when it came time Texans did not have enough information. Texas was giving another 60 days to resubmit the information. The Attorney General will not authority the change until the lawmaker shows that’s the proposed changes have neither the purpose nor the effort of deny or abridging the right to vote on account of race, color, or membership in languages minority group.

I agree on not having the change on the law vote ID. The change of the law it would keep a lot of people from voting and that would not be good because this is a big state and with it being said that this state would bring in major votes that the voter ID law. The fewer votes may even put hurt with an up coming poll. It makes it difficult for those who have to purchases a new ID that can not manage to pay for a new card.