But regardless of the Keystone Kops implementation of the law, the real question is this: does Texas, which ranks last or close to last in voter participation, really need more impediments to voting? As the Brennan Center study pointed out, "The voter-fraud phantom ... disenfranchises actual legitimate voters, without a corresponding actual benefit."
Little wonder that the Department of Justice is challenging this law. When the state allows a voter to use a concealed-handgun permit but doesn't allow university ID, it's obvious to any impartial observer that this game is rigged and who it's rigged in favor of.
One-not-so-famous citizen hereabouts, Kendall McCook, made a splash in the local news by tearing up his voter-registration card in protest of the law, and promising not to vote again until the law was repealed. Who knows, maybe more citizens will get fed up and tear up their voter-registration card a la Kendall McCook? Stranger things have been known to happen hereabouts. Just ask Willie.
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