{"id":2843,"date":"2014-11-07T19:26:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T19:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2014-11-07T19:26:39","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T19:26:39","slug":"i-d-needed-for-record-number-of-texans-registered-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=2843","title":{"rendered":"I.D. Needed for Record Number of Texans Registered to Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>by John Michaelson\/TNS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; With the midterm election one week away, Texans are being urged to get out and vote &#8211; but they are also being reminded they will need appropriate identification in the wake of the state\u2019s new voter I.D. law.<\/p>\n<p>After numerous twists and turns in the legal battle over the need for a photo I.D., the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week the Texas I.D. requirement will stand for this election.<\/p>\n<p>Albert Morales, project coordinator with the Advocacy Alliance Center of Texas (AACT), says voters have a number of legally-issued I.D. options to choose from.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2844\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2844\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2844\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/gr-42417-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Texas has a record 14 million people registered to vote this year, and efforts at getting them to the polls with the proper I.D. continue with the election now just one week away. Photo: Matt Turner\/Flickr.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/gr-42417-1-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/gr-42417-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/gr-42417-1-1-405x304.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/gr-42417-1-1-120x90.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Texas has a record 14 million people registered to vote this year, and efforts at getting them to the polls with the proper I.D. continue with the election now just one week away. Photo: Matt Turner\/Flickr.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey have to present a valid Texas I.D.,\u201d he says. \u201cDifferent forms of I.D. are acceptable: a Texas concealed handgun license, also a military-issued I.D. and a U.S. passport also will work with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Voters can also present a state-issued driver\u2019s license, personal identification card or election identification certificate, or a U.S. citizenship certificate containing the person\u2019s photograph.<\/p>\n<p>A record 14 million Texans are registered to vote this year, but Morales says the state\u2019s voter turnout rate is usually among the worst in the nation, and more work needs to be done right up until Election Day to get voters to the polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re hosting phone banks in order to call people and remind them in a non-partisan way to get out to vote,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019re providing them with information as far as their nearest polling location and the hours that the polls are open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the 2012 election, only half of the eligible voters in Texas turned out to cast a ballot. In 2010 those numbers were down to one in three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by John Michaelson\/TNS AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; With the midterm election one week away, Texans are being urged to get out and vote &#8211; but they are also being reminded they will need appropriate identification in the wake of the state\u2019s new voter I.D. law. 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