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Texas voter ID bill passes Senate, heads to House
http://www.wfaa.com/news/texas-news/Texas-voter-ID-bill-passes-Senate-heads-to-House—114705309.html
“Texas Republican leaders have scored their first major legislative victory of the 2011 session with Senate passage of a bill requiring most residents to present photo identification before being allowed to vote.”
“The legislation, which exempts certain disabled people and those 70 and older, passed the Senate along partisan lines after majority Republicans shot down one Democratic amendment after another. One last-minute change both sides could agree on in the pro-gun Texas Legislature: a provision adding a concealed weapons permit as a valid form of identification.”
“The bill now moves to the state House, where passage is considered likely. GOP Gov. Rick Perry supports the measure.”
82R302 JRJ-D By: Berman H.B. No. 295 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to certification for placement on the ballot of candidates for president or vice-president of the United States. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 192.033, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), the secretary of state shall certify in writing for placement on the general election ballot the names of the candidates for president and vice-president who are entitled to have their names placed on the ballot. (d) The secretary of state may not certify the name of a candidate for president or vice-president unless the candidate has presented the candidate's original birth certificate indicating that the person is a natural-born United States citizen. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.