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If you live in Texas, make sure to register to vote! The deadline is coming up in a few days on the 7th. Note that for Texas you must register either in person or by mail, you cannot register online unlike most states


Find information on how to register to vote anywhere https://vote.gov/

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I encourage people not only to check your registratio, but full on order a new ID, confirming it j’s your correct name, address, and a updated picture it poseible.

Understand, Texas has realistically been blue since at least 2000. Voter turnout is an existential threat to the Texas republicans, and they know it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Check your voter registration? Yes, absolutely. Order a new ID? Not sure about that.

It takes time for things like that to process. I recently updated my driver's license online and it took several weeks before the new card arrived. In the interim, I was supposed to print a piece of paper to serve as my license. Sure, it's supposed to be a legal document, but in an election where Republicans will nitpick anything in order to disqualify voters, it's easy to imagine a registered voter being turned down for using a flimsy piece of paper instead of a driver's license.

I'm not saying not to update your ID if you need to. Absolutely make sure that your information is accurate and up-to-date. But if your existing ID is accurate, what would be the point of ordering a new one?