Closing arguments in the took place in Washington D.C. today.
If implemented, the law would require voters to show a government-issued photo ID at the polls. The state argues that the new law is needed to decrease incidents of voter fraud. U.S. Attorney General has argued that Texas鈥� ID requirements (and others like it) are
During the trial, state attorneys cited AG真人百家乐 County as one of the 18 counties that did not properly maintain voter registration records. They further claimed that over 50,000 deceased voters remain on the registry 鈥� an open door to voter fraud.
However, Dee Lopez with the AG真人百家乐 County Voter Registration Office says that the system is working effectively.
鈥淔rom what I have seen 鈥� [in my] 21 years of experience, I can tell you that we have not come across any situations where voters intentionally frauded the system either through the deceased file, the felon file, or any of those,鈥� says Lopez. 鈥淲e have not seen any intentional voter fraud cases at all.鈥�
Alejandro Garcia with the Texas Secretary of State鈥檚 Office says maintaining records is a combined effort between state and county governments. He added, if all procedures are properly followed, deceased voters should be removed from the registry within a few months.
A federal court in Washington D.C. is expected to rule on Texas鈥� voter ID requirements by the end of the month.
