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Writer at @WIRED. Author of NYT bestseller 'Chaos Monkeys'. Formerly @Facebook, @YCombinator, @GoldmanSachs. Yes, I live on a boat and in a yurt. 🇺🇸🇪🇸

Orcas Island, WA
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    1. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 6

      "Texas isn't a blue state, it's a non-voting state." Here are some crazy facts about Texas: In most counties, the property tax assessor is the voter registrar(!). Why? Because until 1964, TX had a poll tax, so voting was a taxable event. It's mostly a side duty, often ignored.

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    2. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 6

      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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      Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 6

      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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        2. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 6

          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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        3. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 6

          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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        2. EnoRiverBend‏ @enoriverbend Nov 6
          Replying to @antoniogm

          A CCW is, in fact, much more difficult to get than a student ID, and is better proof. For a CCW you have to prove state residency, that you're not a felon, not a fugitive from justice, certified proof of age, etc., etc. How many of these are true for student IDS?

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        3. Polkabecky‏ @polkabecky Nov 6
          Replying to @enoriverbend @antoniogm

          You have to go get fingerprinted! The CCW is pretty solid ID.

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        4. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 6
          Replying to @polkabecky @enoriverbend

          I know. I have two and have used them to get on planes (ironically enough). Still. The IDs skew who eventually votes, and one has to wonder at the tradeoffs given that voter fraud is rarer than most people suppose.

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        5. John Sisino‏ @smarmyEOD Nov 6
          Replying to @antoniogm @polkabecky @enoriverbend

          My college issues photo IDs to not only non-residents, & green card holders, it issues them to minors & illegal aliens. I’m by no means an immigration hawk but the manifest stupidity of accepting student IDs at polling locations is so obvious that it hurts.

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        6. Polkabecky‏ @polkabecky Nov 6
          Replying to @smarmyEOD @antoniogm @enoriverbend

          I'm not a hawk, but I could've voted illegally as a minor, out-of-state student, using my ID. Student IDs also don't have the same counterfeit-prevention features as the CHL. I think both fraud & disenfranchisement are overblown; a suit was just tossed b/c 0 voters were affected.

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        2. Steven Swenson (RC)‏ @Steven_Swenson Nov 6
          Replying to @antoniogm

          Was not recent , has been in place since 2013. Also a CCW license is a state issued id , a student id is not.

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        3. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 6
          Replying to @Steven_Swenson

          That's recent if we're talking voting laws that date to 1964.

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        4. Steven Swenson (RC)‏ @Steven_Swenson Nov 6
          Replying to @antoniogm

          REcent to me means something that happened in the last 8-10 months. That was two full legislative sessions ago. Perfectly reasonable law IMO too.

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        5. Nunya_Beeswax‏ @Nunya_Beeswaxx Nov 6
          Replying to @Steven_Swenson @antoniogm

          Tony’s trying to say Tx is targeting helpless Democrats. Also there are 7 acceptable forms of picture ID and 6 forms of nonpic IDs. I’m tired of people insinuating we’re too stupid or lazy to figure out how to vote.

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        6. Steven Swenson (RC)‏ @Steven_Swenson Nov 6
          Replying to @Nunya_Beeswaxx @antoniogm

          Exactly it is Patronizing, racist, and infantalizing adults.

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        2. Toxic Miscuelinity‏ @Dave_DelFavero Nov 6
          Replying to @antoniogm

          You know felons and foreigners can get student IDs, right?

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        3. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 6
          Replying to @Dave_DelFavero

          Foreigners can also get CPLs. The ID isn't meant to prove citizenship.

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        4. Louis Vil LeGun‏ @LouisvilleGun Nov 6
          Replying to @antoniogm @Dave_DelFavero

          [Citation needed] http://www.dps.texas.gov/InternetForms/Forms/LTC-16.pdf …

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        5. Zortech C++‏ @bgodette Nov 6
          Replying to @LouisvilleGun @antoniogm @Dave_DelFavero

          Did you bother to actually read that? Because the residency clause, or any other clause, does not care about US citizenship, only legal status and duration (or intent thereof). Here on a Student Visa from whereveristan? Yep you can get a CPL but not legally vote.

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        6. Louis Vil LeGun‏ @LouisvilleGun Nov 6
          Replying to @bgodette @antoniogm @Dave_DelFavero

          Did you? GC §411.172. ELIGIBILITY. (a) A person is eligible for a license to carry a handgun if the person: (9) is fully qualified under applicable federal and state law to purchase a handgun; Student Visa doesn't count.

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        7. Zortech C++‏ @bgodette Nov 6
          Replying to @LouisvilleGun @antoniogm @Dave_DelFavero

          Again, did you? Since the applicable state law is the federal law: https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/who-nonimmigrant-alien … https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/valid-hunting-license-or-permit-exception-firearms-prohibitions-nonimmigrant-aliens-only … https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/may-nonimmigrant-alien-who-has-been-admitted-united-states-under-nonimmigrant-visa-and …

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        8. Zortech C++‏ @bgodette Nov 6
          Replying to @bgodette @LouisvilleGun and

          The process is "simple". Be an NIA, eg F1 visa holder, of which a Student Visa is one. Get SSN (part of being an NIA) > Get Drivers License > Get Hunting License (congrats you're now federally allowed to buy a gun) > Get CHL. None of those steps require US citizenship.

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        9. Louis Vil LeGun‏ @LouisvilleGun Nov 6
          Replying to @bgodette @antoniogm @Dave_DelFavero

          Ok, now show how this is less strict than a student ID and therefore student IDs should be allowed for voting

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