You would not expect this to be allowed in Texas, but the Texas Secretary of State’s Elections officials have instructed local precincts to accept driver’s licenses issued to noncitizens as valid IDs for voting.
Here is the official advisory from
the Secretary of State.Thank you @LisaSRECSD12 for sharing the source video and @TexasScorecard for reporting. pic.twitter.com/sJf0s9pnMB
— Joseph Trimmer (@JosephTrimmer_) October 9, 2024
Obviously, you can’t trust a single video describing a phone call to prove that this is a statewide policy, but the policy is spelled out in an advisory from the Secretary of State’s office. The policy is actual.
The whole point of voter ID is to prevent ineligible voters from casting ballots and having a policy that ignores the validity of the ID makes it worthless.
It’s true that the Secretary of State requires officials to inform people that noncitizens are not allowed to vote and that there are potential penalties, but making something illegal is hardly an effective prevention tool. We have prisons full of people who commit crimes despite knowing the risks, and the real risks from illegally voting have historically been small to nonexistent. […]
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