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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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    3. 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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    4. Toxic Miscuelinity‏ @Dave_DelFavero Nov 6
      Replying to @antoniogm

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

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

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

      11:16 AM - 6 Nov 2018 from Seattle, WA
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        2. 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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        3. 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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        4. 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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        5. 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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        6. 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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        7. 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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        8. Zortech C++‏ @bgodette Nov 6
          Replying to @LouisvilleGun @antoniogm @Dave_DelFavero

          I never said Student IDs should be. I did say the reason a CHL is valid is because it's *state issued* and has a residency requirement, *just like* a drivers license. Lets just skip the part about a drivers license basically being part of the chain for getting a CHL as well.

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

          You, however, did assert that a CHL required citizenship. It does not. Neither does a Drivers License. They both serve the same purpose when voting: verifying identity. Neither gets you registered to vote by themselves, as registration has a citizenship requirement.

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