Federal Judge Orders Texas to Make Online Voter Registration Available

[douglas9]

SAN ANTONIO (CN) — A Texas federal judge ruled Friday the state’s Republican leaders are violating the federal “motor voter” law by refusing to allow residents to simultaneously register to vote online when they apply for a driver’s license, file a change-of-address or renew online.

U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia concluded Texas Secretary of State and Department of Public Safety officials are violating the National Voter Registration Act by forcing users of the online driver’s license system to print out a blank voter registration form to send to their county registrar. He ordered the state to make the online voter registration available to the public by Sept. 23 — in less than a month.

“Defendants have been on notice of their continuous violation of the NVRA since at least 2016, yet defendants’ practices have remained unchanged,” the 68-page opinion states.

“The public clearly has a paramount interest in removing voter registration barriers and having procedures that encourage rather than discourage voter registration. Defendants have offered no factual or legal argument that would justify denying the simultaneous voter registration to which [the plaintiff] is legally entitled.”

https://www.courthousenews.com/federal-judge-orders-texas-to-make-online-voter-registration-available/

[beachbumbob]

1. whats the repurcussion? As long as no one has to "pay the price", like a governor going to jail for

contempt of court, these laws shall remain unenforceable