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nitrogen wrote:I happen to not like the voter ID requirements (if an ID is required to vote, getting that ID should be free and relatively easy) but the bill should come up before a vote.

I think the voter ID bill is a waste of time on both parties, but mostly because it should be at the registration and not the actual vote that you prove your residency and citizenship.

But the easy way for the Democrats to compromise and make the bill work is to add one clause to it. The bill already is written to accept mail addressed to the voter from a government agency as one of the alternative IDs. So, add a clause saying the voter registrar (whoever it is in each county) must mail each registered voter a letter notifying him of the election within 30 days before the absentee voting begins. This way, we insure that all registered voters can meet the requriements and we also ensure everyone is told about the election coming up. It might actually help get some turnout in lesser elections.

Russell wrote:Edit: What the heck are they talking about? Aircraft carriers and landing airplanes on them in Texas? Who cares?!

That is the whole point. They are wasting time talking about things no one cares about as a stalling tactic to try to avoid debating a bill they know they will lose. The Democrats do not want to get to the Voter ID bill so they are taking the maximum time on each of the normally not discussed bills on the consent calendar.

T3hK1w1 wrote:So, given that there are 7 items in front of it, how likely is it that the Senate will clear the Major calendar and get to SB730 on Saturday? Any guesses?

Given that one of the items is the Voter ID bill that the Democrats are trying to stall to avoid getting to, I think it is a good bet that the general calendar is dead.