Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
Citizenship Certificate or Certificate of Naturalization (with photo) to be eligible to vote in an election held in this state. With exception of the U.S. Citizenship Certificate or Certificate of Naturalization, all other approved forms of identification must be valid or have expired within the previous 60 days. The Election Identification Certificate was created in response to critics of SB14, including me, who said that the new photo ID requirements would make it harder to vote because there are hundreds of thousands of people who live in Texas who have been eligible to vote previously who do not have a driver license or state-issued ID. For years, registered Texas voters were allowed to vote if they showed a valid voter registration card. While the voter registration card is still issued, and contains the same information on polling locations and voting precincts as before, beginning with the November 2013 election cycle, Texas voters must show the approved forms of photo ID to be eligible to vote in person. The Voter ID law however, does not impact eligibility requirements for mailin ballots. Although SB14 was passed in 2011, Texas could not enforce the new law until a June 2013 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court declared that laws that require federal clearance before changes can be made to voting laws (Section 5 - Voting Rights Act) were no longer enforceable. Challenges to the implementation of the Voter ID law on grounds other than Section 5 are ongoing, but Texas voters should be prepared to meet the requirements should the law be upheld.