SB 362.
Still perhaps the most controversial item this term.
background:
- from the Chron.
- why it might not pass, from the El Paso Times.
Todd Smith R-Euless seems to have turned into the point man on the bill in the House. He has been working out compromises between members of his party who want stronger requirements, and others who see this as voter suppression. This may backfire however:
GOP lawmakers unwilling to compromise on strict voter identification requirements they have made a priority at the Capitol may be the very ones who kill the effort in the Texas House, state Rep. Todd Smith, R-Euless, said Wednesday.
"If the far right is unwilling to accommodate on this legislation to any extent, then they do have the power to succeed in killing voter ID, and I will certainly allow them to do so," Smith said.
