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Texas to require photo identification from voters
Reuters ^ | May 27, 2011 | Corrie MacLaggan

Posted on 05/27/2011 4:57:36 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

(Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry on Friday ceremonially signed a bill making Texas the twelfth state to require photo identification from voters.

"Today we take a major step forward in ensuring the integrity of our electoral process in Texas, a major step protecting the most cherished right that we enjoy as a people," Perry, joined by lawmakers who supported the legislation, told reporters.

The measure was one of the Republican governor's "emergency" legislative priorities for the session, and he's not alone. Republicans across the country are pushing such legislation. This year, more than 30 states have considered adding or strengthening voter identification requirements, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Photo ID requirements were signed into law in Wisconsin this week and in South Carolina earlier this month. Kansas also passed a photo ID measure this year that goes into effect January 1.

The requirement is already in place in Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan and South Dakota. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton on Thursday vetoed a photo identification bill.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: Georgia; US: Hawaii; US: Idaho; US: Indiana; US: Kansas; US: Louisiana; US: Michigan; US: Minnesota; US: South Carolina; US: South Dakota; US: Texas; US: Wisconsin
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To: TheZMan; TexasFreeper2009
Every time... EVERY time he starts seeing the next election... he suddenly swings right, and people all over this great state who don’t pay attention except in the months leading up to the election only ever see his faux conservative act. He IS a RINO.

If he's a Rino we need more like him...

101 posted on 05/28/2011 11:38:49 PM PDT by Doofer
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To: South40

That reminds me of the map I looked at early which showed the locusts emergence. A fitting description.


102 posted on 05/29/2011 1:42:29 AM PDT by Outlaw Woman ("...; because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee,... "Hosea 4:6)
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To: upchuck

It doesn’t take much imagination to figure out that mark dayton is a democrat.


103 posted on 05/29/2011 8:20:01 AM PDT by pleikumud
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To: Bullish

We tried in ‘05. Could get people interested:
http://www.voteridact.com/


104 posted on 05/29/2011 10:00:49 AM PDT by americanophile (Hoping for Paul Ryan...will settle for the best I can get.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

That’ll irritate the Chicago Chump.


105 posted on 05/29/2011 12:55:46 PM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: Bullish

If they did that dead people and illegal immigrants couln’t vote so don’t count on it.


106 posted on 05/29/2011 1:43:13 PM PDT by Americanexpat (Everytime I see that guy's face ot)
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To: cradle of freedom

They say that is why we still have Harry Reid too and I believe it.


107 posted on 05/29/2011 1:45:05 PM PDT by Americanexpat (Everytime I see that guy's face ot)
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To: Steely Tom

I’ve worker the polls here in Texas for the past 3 elections, and I must say, a good number of people show both their registration card and drivers license, and when they’re told they don’t need to show their ID, they’re in disbelief. And I’m with them.

Glad this was passed, and I really hope his doesn’t get struck down by some liberal judge before next november.


108 posted on 05/29/2011 2:06:35 PM PDT by Zeppelin (Keep on FReepin' on...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

How racist./sarc


109 posted on 05/29/2011 4:09:46 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: All

Now we have to find a way to make sure elections results are
ALL RELEASED AT THE SAME TIME!
No more waiting for the urban centers to report their results last.....


110 posted on 05/29/2011 4:15:41 PM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Doofer
If he's a Rino we need more like him...

Perry recently excoriated Arizona's "radical" anti-immigration law. Enough said.

111 posted on 05/29/2011 5:10:57 PM PDT by fwdude (Prosser wins, Goonions lose.)
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To: Riley

Les met with flying turkeys. 8)


112 posted on 05/29/2011 5:23:45 PM PDT by momf (Gun control is not about guns; it's about control..(replace the word Gun with any change they want.))
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To: momf

He has a way with making flightless fowl, um... ‘fly’.


113 posted on 05/29/2011 5:26:37 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

A photo voter ID (with one other form of ID for solid proof on election day) should be law in all 50 states and U.S. territories, but the thoroughly corrupt Dems continue throwing up ‘legal’ roadblocks to keep their massive voter fraud going.


114 posted on 05/30/2011 12:43:36 AM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is never 'free'.)
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To: Bullish

"Hey, they took my license away"

115 posted on 05/30/2011 3:44:32 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

“Denying the franchise” to the uneducated and the “less fortunate.”

/s


116 posted on 05/30/2011 4:25:07 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I wonder if that's relevant to this story.

Cheers!

117 posted on 05/30/2011 5:23:01 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Ain't gonna work—A Democrat crook can make a fake picture ID out of an old crinkled index card as long as the picture pasted on it is one of John Wayne from the movie "The Alamo" -that done, the average Texas poll operator will let him vote as many times as he likes.

Texans are great Americans but they are as flaky as really old steer flop when it comes to stuff like that.

118 posted on 05/30/2011 7:09:24 AM PDT by Happy Rain ("I speak LOUD and I carry an even BIGGER stick! And I use it too-WHACK!!!"-candidate Yosemite Sam.)
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To: Quickgun

He is beginning to look the most plausible among some mediocre alternatives. I was surprised to learn he actually wore the uniform of his country...very unusual among younger GOP candidates.


119 posted on 05/30/2011 9:46:33 AM PDT by MSF BU (YR'S Please Support our troops: JOIN THEM!)
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To: deport

I’ve been using my TDL to vote (same address) for years as well.


120 posted on 05/30/2011 11:27:30 AM PDT by a fool in paradise ("If Eric Holder had his way, O-B-L would still be alive today." Thank you President Bush for Gitmo.)
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