Texas Effort To Suppress Veterans Voting Rights

[KamaAina]

http://samuel-warde.com/2014/10/texas-effort-suppress-veterans-voting-rights-video/

John Franks is a veteran who lives in Texas. He tried to vote with his VA government ID card and was told time and again by a judge that he was not permitted to vote because he didn’t have proper identification.

Eventually, after threatening a lawsuit, he was finally allowed to vote but as he said in an exclusive statement to Liberals Unite, he fears other vets might be too intimidated and leave if a judge tells them they can’t vote....

Many could not get a license in Texas because of tickets and or suspension of their Texas driver’s licenses. I personally had to pay $600.00 to a local police department to get them to release my license because I had an outstanding ticket for “expired registration” SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS!!!! for one lousy ticket (failure to appear charges were added)....

A driver’s license is Texas is considered a privilege and not a right and by denying access to a driver’s license due to fines leveled at financially ruined soldiers they also are denying them access to the polls.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

1. Not that I'm in favor of voter ID laws

but a driver's license is not the only valid ID for voting.

[KamaAina]

2. Apparently it is in Texas

or a state ID.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

3. State or some federal IDs

Here is a list of the acceptable forms of photo ID:
•Texas driver license issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)
•Texas Election Identification Certificate issued by DPS
•Texas personal identification card issued by DPS
•Texas concealed handgun license issued by DPS
•United States military identification card containing the person’s photograph
•United States citizenship certificate containing the person’s photograph
•United States passport


http://www.votetexas.gov/register-to-vote/need-id/

[hobbit709]

4. VA card don't count. Is not active duty military ID.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

5. I didn't claim it was

I just said that the claim this veteran is making, namely that if you can't get your DL back due to fines, you can't vote, if false

[hobbit709]

6. Unless you know of the difficulties the Repukes have put in the way of getting other ID here

You don't know what you're talking about.

They've made it hard to get a state ID without proper ID to start with. yYu have to pay money you don't have to get a certified birth certificate-in essence a poll tax.
It is not false.