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Related: About this forumAppeals court temporarily blocks online voter registration for Texas drivers
I wish that I could say that I am surprised by this https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/31/5th-circuit-temporarily-blocks-online-voter-registration-texas-drivers/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=1527796573
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that mandated a voter registration system that would allow drivers to register to vote when they renew their drivers licenses online. The requirement was part of U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcias ruling that Texas was violating a federal voter registration law also known as the Motor Voter Act thats meant to ease the voter registration process.
Pointing to registration deadlines for the November election, Garcia ordered the state to create the online system the first mechanism for online voter registration in the state in order to comply with the Motor Voter Act, which requires states to allow people to register to vote while getting their drivers licenses.
Last week, the state appealed to the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit, which put Garcias ruling on hold during the appeals process. That appeal could drag out for months, leaving uncertain whether the online system will be in place ahead of this falls elections.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,120 posts)And I am sick and tired of these democracy HATING fuckers, they are ENEMIES of democracy.
Gothmog
(145,489 posts)Texas puts up a ton of barriers to doing mass registration of voters and other states may follow https://www.acslaw.org/whathappensintexas
Mimi is a former Brennan Center attorney and was with Battleground Texas in 2014. She is doing a great job at Texas Civil Rights Project
BigmanPigman
(51,624 posts)I wouldn't visit there, let alone live there. What happened after Ann Richards? This is un American! Period!
Gothmog
(145,489 posts)Texas will turn blue. The GOP knows this and is trying to delay things with voter suppression efforts such as voter id and the Texas voter registration rules. We took the voter id law to court and largely gutted this law. Now anyone can vote with virtually any form of ID so long as they sign a reasonable impediment declaration.
We are overcoming voter registration issues. A lady who I trained as a poll watcher in 2012 was elected in 2016 to be in charge of voter registration issues in Harris County. We used to have so sue this office to get sufficient voter registration forms in languages other than English.
Things are improving and the GOP is worried.
BigmanPigman
(51,624 posts)Thanks! RESIST!
Gothmog
(145,489 posts)We are planning for the upcoming Texas Democratic party state convention
BigmanPigman
(51,624 posts)More power to you! Many, many thanks!