chron.com - 3/10/2009
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TEXAS’ VOTER ID PROPOSAL What the Texas bill would require for voting in person:• Photo ID: State or federal photo identification, including a valid driver’s license; military identification; passport; concealed handgun license.• Alternative proof: Current utility bills; bank statements; ...
chron.com - 3/9/2009
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The order was clear: Kill the guy in
the Astros jersey. But in a case of mistaken...
identity, Jose Perez ended up dead. The intended target — the Houston-based head of a Mexican drug cartel cell pumping millions of dollars of cocaine into the city — ...
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dallasnews.com - 3/11/2009
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12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, March 11, 2009
By TERRENCE STUTZ / The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN...
– Democratic and Republican senators skirmished Tuesday over legislation that would require Texans to show a photo ID before voting – but the debate was ...
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Texas Senate sharply debates voter ID bill |
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chron.com - 3/11/2009
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chron.com —
AUSTIN, Texas Over vociferous Democratic objections, the Republican-controlled
Senate began debating election reforms Tuesday that would require...
Texans to provide identification papers before voting. Democrats, comparing the proposal to a modern-day ...
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Debate over voter ID opens in Senate | AP Texas News | ...
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... The Texas Senate will decide today whether voters should be required to present photo identification at the polls. Texas Republicans argue that this is a necessary step to protect against voter fraud, but have produced little evidence that such fraud is a significant problem. Democrats criticize the measure, which will have an undue impact on minorities and the elderly, both key Democratic constituencies. Laws requiring photo identification at the polls have been approved in seven states, but State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh (D-El Paso) said that its only an effort by ...
'Daily Voting News' For March 10, 2009
The BRAD BLOG —
... Scholars to study Ohio's high use of provisional ballots http://www.columbusdispa...nal_ballots.html?sid=101
TN: Carter County - Voter Confidence Act must be implemented by 2010 http://www.starhq.com/ne...nw-electioncomm3-09.html
TX: Contested Progreso election thrust into voter ID debate http://www.themonitor.co...le.html/voter_state.html
TX: Voter ID battle heads to Senate http://www.chron.com/dis...etropolitan/6302093.html
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