In order to register someone else to vote in Texas, you have to be officially deputized (it's as involved as it sounds). To do so otherwise is a felony. Some counties only have a handful. Also, counties regularly purge voters as little as every two years.
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In order to vote in Texas, you have to provide one of a small set of IDs. A concealed pistol license is one acceptable form. A student ID is not. This was put in place recently by a completely GOP state government.
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Turning Texas (or any state really) blue is a voter registration and turnout game. The demographics of the ballots in the ballot box are completely different than the actual demographics of the state or the voter rolls. Closing that gap is key.
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But it's hard. The entire political data ecosystem revolves around voter rolls, and mostly ignores the unregistered. A few companies and groups, now with help from Silicon Valley, are trying to change it. For more details:https://www.wired.com/story/flipping-texas-elections-voter-registration-tech/ …
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And the youngest person voting in Texas that had to pay a poll tax is 74 years old.
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