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TEXAS, A MICROCOSM OF WASHINGTON
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Voter ID again on Monday
As you know, only one of the two pernicious voter ID bills that were brought to the floor of the House made it through. The other got sent back to committee on a point of order. That bill, HB626, is expected to be back on the floor this coming Monday. The True Courage Action Network has a call to action:
If they pass HB 626:
* You'll be required to produce a certified copy of your birth certificate or passport or naturalization papers to register to vote.
* You'll be required to produce your birth certificate or one of those other hard-to-find and expensive documents to re-register (20% of Texans move between election cycles).
* Voter registration drives will be a thing of the past because we don't carry around our birth certificate (if we even have one) when we shop.
* The voter turnout rate in Texas, already the lowest in the nation at 26%, will drop even lower.
We expect a floor vote on Monday. This time, in addition to calling your own rep (contact info here), we're asking you to call the following House members who are believed to be undecided, and ask them to stand up with courage and vote NO on HB 626:
Kirk England (512) 463-0694
Mike Krusee (512) 463-0670
Pat Haggerty (512) 463-0728
Mike Hamilton (512) 463-0412
Harvey Hilderbran (512) 463-0536
Delwin Jones (512) 463-0542
Tommy Merritt (512) 463-0750
Todd Smith (512) 463-0522
A lot of American citizens in this state don't have birth certificates - basically, anyone born at home, which is a common thing in rural areas, may not have one. They'll be pretty much out of luck if they need to register or re-register. You'll need a certified copy of your birth certificate if you ever move to another county, which will require a re-registration. And you'd better hope it doesn't get lost in the mail, if you like your identity as it is.
SEE ANY ROVE OR ABU GONZLES HERE? IF YOU LIVE IN TEXAS GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND CALL OR WRITE A LETTER. IF YOU LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE, WELL, YOU ARE NEXT, JUST WAIT AND SEE.
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This morning I attended a Town Hall meeting hosted by my State Representative Todd Smith, R-Bedford.
Let me plug the fact that Town Hall meetings, should your representatives have them, are excellent opportunities to directly question your elected officials on votes, authored legislation, or legislation that concerns you that they voted for. Get in their face! As BOR has been documenting all week, my personal concern and sole mission for today's Town Hall was to question Representative Smith about his vote in favor of House Bill 218. Otherwise know as the Voter Suppression Act of 2007.
I asked:
"Representative Smith you voted this week in favor of House Bill 218, which passed with a 76-68 vote. The bill is inappropriately named the Voter Identification Bill; it should be entitled the Voter Suppression Bill. If it becomes law this bill will disenfranchise elder seniors, minorities, and young people from exercising their constitutional right to vote, and you supported that. Why?"
Representative Todd Smith said directly:
"I did it because I'm Republican."
With a puzzled look, my fellow Democratic constituents and I essentially dropped our jaws to the floor. And he not only said it once, twice, but three times! The final time he basically insinuated that the Republican Party
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