Supreme Court Allows Texas Voter ID Law

[moonbladem]

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[cghardy]

Texas' law sets out seven forms of approved ID - a list that includes concealed handgun licenses but not college student IDs, which are accepted in other states with similar measures.

That makes absolutely no sense. I don't know about concealed handgun licenses, but if the point is also photo proof, why wouldn't college IDs work? Mine had my photo on it.

[layweed]

Because it's not "government issued". The list of allowed forms of ID are as follows:

Texas driver license issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)
Texas Election Identification Certificate issued by DPS
Texas personal identification card issued by DPS
Texas concealed handgun license issued by DPS
United States military identification card containing the person’s photograph
United States citizenship certificate containing the person’s photograph
United States passport

tl;dr Texas just wants to make it difficult for people. 'cos voter fraud and stuff (aka minorities who ain't gonna vote for the GOP)

[notgruntled]

A college ID from a state school is a state-issued ID. If they are not secure enough to establish identity for voting purposes, they should be, and that's the state's responsibility.

Keep in mind that photo ID shown at the polls is just to establish identity -- on the list above, only the passport establishes citizenship. Whether someone is eligible to vote is established at the registration stage. Which, incidentally, is where almost all of the documented vote fraud occurs and why voter ID laws don't do jack shit to prevent fraud.

[moonshaz]

There are no words to convey how I feel about this, but this gif comes close.

[amyura]

I expected better from you, Stephen Bryer. Still would have been a 5-4 loss, but come on.