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 mainly for show, as the measure was expected to ...
dallasnews.com - 3/13/2009
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07:03 AM CDT on Friday, March 13, 2009
By CHRISTY HOPPE and ROBERT T. GARRETT / The
Dallas Morning News choppe@dallasnews.com rtgarrett@dallasnews.com AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry, joining a handful of his fellow Southern Republican leaders, said Thursday ...
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry rejects stimulus money for jobless ...
dallasnews.com - 3/9/2009
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11:58 AM CDT on Sunday, March 8, 2009
By SCOTT FARWELL / The Dallas Morning News sfarwell@dallasnews.com
First in a three-part series EMORY, Texas – Terry Caffey can still taste the blood and gunpowder. He can hear the staccato gunfire, the shrieks ...
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Demons in the house: E. Texas man details escape from ...
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: ...
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Texas lawmakers may decide you need an ID to vote | ...
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Texas Senate sharply debates voter ID bill
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... million registered voters lack a photo ID and would be harmed by the proposal ... Senate passage of the measure was assured during the first week of the legislative session in January, when Republican senators pushed through a change in rules that exempted the bill from the so-called two-thirds requirement. Under that rule, no bill can come up for debate unless two-thirds of Senate members agree – a provision that allowed Democrats to kill the proposal two years ago ... Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texass... The Rs must really be afraid of losing ...
The Daily Muck
TPMMuckraker —
... Texas state lawmakers considered a GOP-backed bill Tuesday that would require voters to present photo identification at the polls, what Democrats call "a modern-day poll tax" because it disproportionately impacts minorities. Republicans claim that this law is necessary to prevent voter fraud, but have offered little evidence that such fraud is a problem. Dems, in the minority, called Attorney General Greg Abbott -- who spent $1.4 million probing voter fraud claims without finding a single vote -- to testify. But, backed by a GOPer, Abbott didn't show up. (Dallas ...
'Daily Voting News' For March 11, 2009
The BRAD BLOG —
... voter ID
http://www.statesman.com..._fire_over_voter_id.html
TX: Texas Democrats voice opposition to Voter ID Bill
http://www.wfaa.com/shar...oteridbill.2211de1f.html
TX: Debate over voter ID opens in Senate
http://www.chron.com/dis...y.mpl/ap/tx/6304339.html
TX: Voter ID: $1.5 million spent on 30 indictments?
http://www.statesman.com..._million_spent_on_3.html
TX: Texas Senate sharply debates voter ID bill
http://www.dallasnews.co...te.Edition2.4ac6919.html
TX: Fact-checking two prominent ...
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