Voting in Texas: A Handgun License is OK, a Student ID is Not

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13. Veterans ID not allowed either? Imagine if it was the Dems who were restricting veterans'

right to vote. You would have the RW media, and probably the mainstream media, harping on this 24/7 --

So why aren't the Dems harping on this, when it is the RepubliCONS who are keeping our veterans from voting?

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Ooops, I looked at my Google results page again after posting and ran across this:

In Justice Ginsburg’s 6-page dissent in the Texas voter id case, she writes: “Nor will Texas accept photo ID cards issued by the U. S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs.”

A few people have pointed me to material from Texas which seems to suggest that these cards would be acceptable as a form of military identification. Veterans ID cards do not expire, and therefore they seem to meet the Texas requirement: “a United States military identification card that contains the person’s photograph that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation.” (my emphasis)

... Update: The Texas Secretary of State’s office has responded via Twitter: “Veterans Affairs ID cards are an acceptable form of photo ID in TX. See slides 20 & 21 here: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/id/acceptable-forms-of-ID.pdf …“

This seems to confirm Justice Ginsburg made a small error in her decision.

More: http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67193

Yup, slides 20 and 21 are pretty explicit