Tom Perez, the head of the Texas Civil Rights Division, sent a whopping 6-page letter to the Texas Director of Elections stating, “Texas has not ‘sustained its burden’ under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to show that the new law will not have a discriminatory effect on minority voters.”

According to those who track such things, about 11% of Hispanics in Texas don’t have a valid photo ID, and a law which would require a valid photo ID to vote would be racist.

This is not a great deal different than the reason given for blocking the new South Carolina voter ID law. In South Carolina, it seems that about 20% of black people don’t have a valid photo ID.

Here are a couple of questions which need to be asked:

1)      If 80% to 89% of these folks CAN obtain a valid photo ID, and apparently HAVE…why then can’t the remaining 11% to 20% get THEIR hands on one?

2)      What makes such a law racist?

Let’s take the last question first.

This law, like all the rest which the DOJ claims to be racist, requires ALL who want to vote to present a valid photo ID. That means…white folks, black folks, brown folks…EVERYBODY, regardless of skin color, would have to present a valid photo ID to vote. How is THAT racist? If the law said ONLY Hispanics needed the photo ID or ONLY white people with a photo ID would be allowed to vote…Okay…Racist; but requiring EVERYBODY to have a photo ID is…FAIR.

There are some in Texas who claim that a portion of that 11% of Hispanics who do NOT currently have a valid photo ID live 175 miles (round trip) from where they could obtain such an ID and therefore, it’s a hardship for them to get one.

EL TORO CRAPO!!!

That would also indicate that they are the same distance from grocery stores, medical aid, supplies, shopping, a post office, etc. If they can get to any of those things, even once or twice a year, they can get to a location where a valid Photo ID might be obtained.

We’re NOT talking about a lost tribe living in the Amazon cut off from all civilization here. These are people with access to voting and, therefore, access to obtaining a Photo ID which they would need to buy cigarettes, alcohol, see an R-rated movie, make a bank deposit and a myriad of other things.

Now, as to the first question…

There is obviously NOTHING in Texas barring Hispanics from obtaining a photo ID if 89% of them already HAVE a photo ID. The mere fact that 89% of Texas Hispanics HAVE said ID means there is no racial bias AGAINST the remaining 11%.

Here is what Texas requires of a person to obtain an official photo ID:

Primary identification

Must include full name, date of birth, and photo

Accepted for identification without additional documentation

Texas driver  license (DL) or identification certificate (ID) with photo and within two years of expiration date

Unexpired United States passport book or passport card

United States Citizenship Certificate or Certificate of Naturalization with identifiable photo (N-560, N-561, N-645, N-550, N-55G, N-570 or N-578)

Unexpired DHS or USCIS document The document must contain verifiable data and identifiable photo. Examples include:

US Citizen Identification Card (I-179 or I-197)

Permanent Resident Card (I-551)

Temporary I-551 (immigrant visa endorsed with adit stamp) and foreign passport

Temporary Resident Identification Card (I-688)

Employment Authorization Card (I-766)

U.S. Travel Document (I-327 or I-571)

Advance Parole Document (I-512 or I-512L)

I-94 stamped Sec. 208 Asylee with photo

I-94 stamped Sec. 207 Refugee with photo

American Indian Card (I-872)

Northern Mariana card (I-873)

Foreign Passport, visa (valid or expired), and Form I-94 with an undefined expiration date (e.g., duration of status).

Foreign Passport, visa (valid or expired) and Form I-94 with a defined expiration date.

Unexpired United States military ID card for active duty, reserve, or retired personnel with identifiable photo.

Or…..

Secondary identification

Recorded governmental documents
(includes full name and date of birth)

An applicant must present either: two secondary documents or one secondary and two supporting documents
to establish identity

Original or certified copy of a birth certificate issued by the appropriate State Bureau of Vital Statistics or equivalent agency from a U.S. state, U.S. territory, the District of Columbia, or a Canadian province. A birth record issued by a hospital is not acceptable under this category.

Original or certified copy of U.S. Dept. of State Certification of Birth Abroad (issued to U. S. citizens born abroad) (Form FS-240, DS-1350, or FS-545)

Original or certified copy of court order with name and date of birth (DOB) indicating an official change of name and/or gender from a U.S. state, U.S. territory, the District of Columbia, or Canadian province.

Or….

Supporting identification

Additional records and documents that
aid in establishing identity

An applicant must present one secondary and two supporting documents to establish identity

Social Security card (actual card)

Forms W-2 or 1099

Numident record from the Social Security Administration

Temporary receipt for a Texas driver license or ID (actual receipt)

Driver license or ID issued by another U.S. state, U.S. territory, the District of Columbia, or Canadian province (unexpired or within two years of the expiration date) (actual card) *

Expired Texas driver license or ID (expired more than two years) (actual card)

School records* (e.g., report cards, photo ID cards)

Military records (e.g., Form DD-214)

Unexpired U.S. military dependent identification card (actual card)

Original or certified copy of marriage license or divorce decree (U.S. jurisdiction or foreign jurisdiction – if the document is not in English, a certified translation must accompany it)

Voter registration card (actual card)*

Pilot’s license (actual card)*

Concealed handgun license (actual card)*

Professional license issued by Texas state agency

ID card issued by government agency*

A valid consular document issued by a state or national government

Texas Inmate ID card or similar form of ID issued by TDCJ

TDCJ parole or mandatory release certificate

Federal inmate identification card

Federal parole or release certificate

Medicare or Medicaid card (actual card)

Selective Service card (actual card)

Immunization records*

Tribal membership card from federally-recognized tribe

Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood

Unexpired foreign passport

Insurance policy (e.g., auto, home, life) (valid continuously for the past two years)

Texas Vehicle title (TRC §521.144)

Current Texas vehicle registration

Current Texas boat registration or title

Veteran’s Administration card (actual card)

Hospital issued birth record*

*This document must be issued by an institution, entity, or government from a U.S. state, U.S. territory, the District of Columbia, or Canadian province.

Supervisory personnel may determine that an unlisted document meets the Department’s needs in establishing identity in the “supporting” category only. You must visit your local driver license office if you have questions regarding acceptable documents.

All documents must be verifiable by the source that issued the document. Additional documentation may be required by driver license personnel to verify conflicting information, incomplete names, and date of birth.

I know exactly what you’re thinking because I’m thinking it too.

If you don’t have to produce verifiable proof that you are eligible to be the president, why require verifiable proof that one is eligible to vote for president? Why NOT allow undocumented voters vote for an undocumented worker?

The argument the Obama DOJ is making, in blocking state’s voter ID laws, is that buying beer, or smokes, or attending an R-rated movie is something which requires much more stringent monitoring than does voting.

The Texas voter ID law, like so many other state’s voter ID laws, simply requires a Photo ID which can be obtained by anyone who is capable of showing proof that they are indeed a citizen of the United States. Could it be that 11% of Hispanics in Texas are unable to do so?

What we have is a racist DOJ not a racist Texas law.

The Texas law is fair and even handed, requiring everyone, regardless of race, to have a photo ID for the purpose of voting.

The Obama DOJ is the entity singling out a racial element. The DOJ is blocking the Texas voter ID law based on race. The DOJ is saying nobody should be required to produce a photo ID at the voting both because 11% of ONE RACE within Texas, doesn’t have one.

By blocking state’s voter ID laws, the Obama administration is, in reality, protecting voter fraud. Let THAT sink in for a moment. The Obama Department of JUSTICE is PROTECTING the ability of those, NOT eligible to vote in this country, TO ACTUALLY CAST A BALLOT.

The very same Department of Justice which intentionally armed Mexican drug cartels is now actively engaged in protecting voter fraud.

Eric Holder and the Obama administration is claiming that because Texas cannot show proof of voter fraud by impersonation, they are not allowed to enact such a voter ID law.

This would be exactly the same thing as telling you that unless you can prove your home has already been burglarized, you are not allowed to activate a security system on your house.

ID law, nearly identical to the Texas law was, in 2008, upheld in Indiana by the United States Supreme Court. If it’s good enough for Indiana, why not for Texas or South Carolina?

Because in southern states, there were, in the past, widespread cases of voter intimidation or laws which made it nearly impossible for minorities to vote. Those laws are gone. These new voter ID laws bear no resemblance to those past laws as they do NOT place stipulations on any race to the exclusion of any other race.

One of the most sacred rights of law abiding American citizens is the right to vote. Instead of protecting the possibility of voter fraud, the Department of Justice should be protecting and enhancing the right to fair elections by either enacting national voter ID laws or allowing individual states to enact such laws as Texas, South Carolina and other states.

One needs a valid photo ID to walk into the building housing the Justice where Eric Holder works but require the same ID to vote?

The Texas voter ID law is NOT racist as it applies evenly to ALL skin colors.

Blocking the Texas voter ID law based on skin color IS racist.

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