Appeals court, 2-1, gives Texas OK to use new voter ID law

Appeals court, 2-1, gives Texas OK to use new voter ID law. They should have cameras rolling when someone with a driver’s license pulls up so they can declare they couldn’t get a voter ID.

“The State has made a strong showing that it is likely to succeed on the merits. SB 5 allows voters without qualifying photo ID to cast regular ballots by executing a declaration that they face a reasonable impediment to obtaining qualifying photo ID. This declaration is made under the penalty of perjury,” Judges Jerry Smith and Jennifer Elrod wrote in a joint order Tuesday. “The State has made a strong showing that this reasonable-impediment procedure remedies plaintiffs’ alleged harm and thus forecloses plaintiffs’ injunctive relief.”