There are too many breaks during this debate..so I’m going to just make mini entries.
1:35-Sen. West and Sen. Williams are arguing over lack of public notice for the hearing on Voter I.D.
1:36-”The posting rule doesn’t apply to the Committee of the Whole,” said Rep. Tommy Williams
1:41-Van De Putte is delivering another soliloquy about the right of the public to have a posting
1:50-Gallegos tries to tag the senate bill for not providing 48 hour notice of the hearing
2:07-Fraser talking about the benefits of voter I.D. - Indiana increased voter rolls as did Georgia
2:24-Kirk Watson and Troy Fraser are going at it on the floor about the effects of SB 362 “Every person who walks in to vote will be allowed to vote,” said Fraser. “If they meet the new requirements,” said watson.
3:06-Shapleigh challenging the claims of voter fraud to Fraser. No expert testimony yet.
**Every Senator has their staffer sitting next to them on the floor.
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Kevin // Mar 10th 2009 at 5:53 pm
There have been no verifiable voter fraud issues that voter ID would have solved- since LBJ won his first Senate race in 1948. The Republicans keep looking- but they have found nothing. They simply try to spread fear-just like they did with Iraq- but they should stop playing politics and do what is right for ALL Texans. The Republicans want to act like the keepers of the morals and ethics- but they are the ones that are found guilty of convoluting the rules- DeLay, Craddick, Dewhurst- Just stop playing politics and do what is right for ALL Texans- We don’t need Voter ID to intimidate voters.
There have been many cases where big white Texas Rangers have been sent to watch over the polls in minority, and poor neighborhoods- under Republican administrations- Talk about lack of ethics and Morals…
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