VOTER ID Status - Keep up the Fight!

I am re-sending the information from the Texas Federation of Republican Women President Toni Anne Dashiell:


Dear Supporter of secure and fair elections,

Although the Senate passed legislation during this past session to require a Photo ID in order to vote, the House never had the opportunity to vote on it. As you probably know, the Democrats chubbed (employed delay tactics) for five days in order to block Photo ID legislation. Their chubbing blocked several other bills as well, and as a result a Special Session had to be called to complete mandatory legislative business.

We believe adding Voter ID to the Special Session would be fruitless, and result in more taxpayer money being wasted. Although voters across the State, both Democrat and Republican, see Photo ID as a commonsense safeguard against voter fraud, Democrat leadership has made it clear they will do whatever it takes to defeat Photo ID legislation. With the House being so closely divided between Democrats and Republicans, 74-76, we could expect similar delay tactics from the Democrats, resulting in even more taxpayer dollars wasted.

Although it is disappointing, please do not feel that your time and effort has been wasted. The leadership in Texas has become aware of how much this legislation means to the grassroots through your efforts. Voter ID is too important to go away.

This has been a massive effort, and there are many people and groups to thank:

Texas Federation of Republican Women
Local Repub lican Women clubs and members
Kendall County Republican Women
Texas Republican County Chairs Association
Local County Parties, leadership and grass roots
The thousands of people who made phone calls, sent emails, traveled to the capitol to rally and to testify
Republican Party of Texas
Noble Strategic Partners
Alliance for Republican Leadership
SREC members
College Republicans
Senator Troy Fraser
Senator Tommy Williams
The House Republican Caucus, with special mention to Rep. Betty Brown and Rep. Linda Harper Brown for standing strong for a solid Photo ID bill
The expert witnesses who traveled here from out of state and shared their research, facts, and experience with Voter ID:
Cameron Quinn (VA)
Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita
Tom Wheeler (IN)
Frank Strickland (GA)
Wes Tailor (GA)
John Fund (Wall Street Journal)
Hans Von Spakovsky (Heritage Foundation)
Dr. David Muhlhausen (Heritage Foundation)
Michael Ertel (FL)
The people of Progreso, Texas, who stood up against voter fraud in their hometown

Please keep checking our website (www.safetexas.org) for updates.

Sincerely,

Members of SAFE-Texas
Melinda Fredricks, Chairman, TFRW Parliamentarian
Toni Anne Dashiell, TFRW President
Russ Duerstine
Barbara Larson, TFRW Ballot Security Committee Chairman
Tom Mechler
Bill Noble
Eric Opiela
Linda Rogers
Skipper Wallace