{"id":77980,"date":"2023-09-01T04:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/federal-judge-defies-congress-in-ruling-against-texas-election-reform-77980"},"modified":"2023-09-01T04:00:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T08:00:19","slug":"federal-judge-defies-congress-in-ruling-against-texas-election-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/federal-judge-defies-congress-in-ruling-against-texas-election-reform-77980","title":{"rendered":"Federal judge defies Congress in ruling against Texas election reform"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In throwing out an ID requirement of Texas election law for absentee ballots, federal Judge Xavier Rodriguez<\/a> is defying Congress and federal law.<\/p>\n

Absentee or mail-in ballots<\/a> have always been the least secure method of voting because they are the only type of ballots that are voted outside the supervision of election officials and outside the observation of election observers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As part of its election reform efforts, and because of the increased use of absentee ballots by voters, Texas implemented a requirement that voters applying for an absentee ballot include the serial number of the voter\u2019s driver\u2019s license, personal ID card, or election identification certificate issued by the Texas Department of Safety. If voters don\u2019t have any of these three IDs, they can provide the last four digits of their Social Security number.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There is a final safety valve in the Texas requirement for anyone who doesn\u2019t have an ID or doesn\u2019t even have a Social Security number (a difficult scenario to imagine): such a voter simply has to include a statement that he or she has none of the required IDs or numbers.<\/p>\n

SUPREME COURT JUSTICES RULE STATE LAWMAKERS DO NOT HAVE EXCLUSIVE CONTROL OVER ELECTIONS IN KEY DECISION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Biden Justice Department and the usual liberal advocacy groups all sued Texas over its election reform efforts, including this specific requirement. Recently in La Uni\u00f3n Del Pueblo Entero v. Abbott, Rodriguez granted their motion for summary judgment on this particular provision. Rodriguez declared that this requirement for ID numbers on absentee ballot applications violates Section 101 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.<\/p>\n

Section 101 states that no one can be denied the right to vote “because of any error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or omission is not material in determining whether such individual qualified under State law to vote.”<\/p>\n

Rodriguez seized on the “not material” language to conclude that the fact that an absentee ballot application does not have the required ID or Social Security number or has the wrong number is “not<\/u> material in determining whether voters are qualified under Texas law to vote or to cast a mail ballot” (emphasis in original).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Aug. 18 order is only eight pages because Rodriguez says that this is a “summary” ruling that “will be followed in the coming weeks by a final written opinion and order.” But we don\u2019t need his written explanation of his decision to know that Rodriguez is clearly wrong and is acting directly contrary to federal law and the intent of Congress in his conclusion that this ID information is not material or relevant to state election officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n

BIDEN ADMIN LAUNCHES PUSH TO EXPAND VOTER REGISTRATION AT CITIZENSHIP CEREMONIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In 2002, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act. One of the crucial changes it made is a requirement contained in Section 303 that says an application for voter registration in a federal election “may not be accepted or processed by a State unless the application includes\u2026 the applicant\u2019s driver\u2019s license number” or if the applicant doesn\u2019t have such a number, “the last 4 digits of the applicant\u2019s social security number.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

If the applicant doesn\u2019t have a driver\u2019s license or Social Security number, the state is directed by this federal law to “assign the applicant a number that will serve to identify the applicant.” Whatever number is collected from or assigned to the voter “shall be the unique identifying number” for that voter.<\/p>\n

States aren\u2019t just required to collect these ID numbers; they are also required to use them to “verify the accuracy of the information” received from voters, which includes matching that information with other government databases such as with the state\u2019s department of motor vehicles and the Social Security Administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Why is this important? Because it means that Congress itself determined<\/a> that the ID information that Judge Rodriguez claims is not material is, in fact, material to state election officials determining whether the absentee ballot application received is from the actual registered voter who is qualified to vote in the election.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is just as material as other provisions in state laws that require a voter to provide other information from their voter registration such as their name, registration address, and in some states, their birthdate, too. It is simply an added check needed to verify the identity of the voter and ensure that it is the qualified voter using the absentee balloting process.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moreover, when it comes to these types of ID numbers, the Help America Vote Act specifies that the “State shall determine whether the information provided by an individual is sufficient to meet the requirements of [the Help America Vote Act], in accordance with State law.” Not the Justice Department and not Judge Rodriguez.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Texas has determined that this information is a necessary “requisite to voting” and is acting fully within the requirements of the Help America Vote Act, which Rodriguez is apparently ignoring. His conclusion that the Civil Rights Act<\/a> is being violated is wrong as a matter of law; moreover, he has no authority to question what information from a voter\u2019s registration the state can require of a voter.<\/p>\n

This case is not over. The court erroneously granted summary judgment on this issue, but there is going to be a trial on other provisions of Texas election law that the challengers have attacked. If Texas appeals this summary judgment<\/a>, it should get a quick and easy reversal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit over the district judge substituting his judgment for that of Congress and Texas officials.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM HANS VON SPAKOVSKY<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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