Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Texans are getting misleading information about whether they can vote

Early voting in Texas began on Monday, amid polling indicating that the presidential race in Texas is closer than it has been in decades. Yet even as Texans have started making their way to the polls, reports indicate they are receiving false and conflicting information about whether or not they have the necessary documents to actually vote.

“If you’re going to say something that’s only half true, and people are going to step out of line and go home, that’s voter suppression,” Nina Perales, vice president of litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, told the Texas Tribune of the reports coming in from around Texas.

At issue is Texas’ complicated voter ID regulations, recently softened by a federal judge.....
https://thinkprogress.org/texans-misleading-info-vote-efd1ecdc3788#.ozt3f6mal


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