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[Texas Fossil]

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.”

[Texas Fossil]

More important is the Texas HR295 bill requiring proof of eligibility.

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.