ID requirements for mail-in voting in Texas reinstated by federal appeals court

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What to bring with you when you go vote

What to bring with you when you go vote

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated multiple provisions of a 2021 legally contested Texas election integrity law that, among other things, created an ID requirement for mail-in ballots and applications. A lower court blocked those changes in March.

Senate Bill 1, known as the Election Protection and Integrity Act of 2021, changed requirements for registering to vote, required anyone assisting another person to vote to sign an oath stating they did not coerce the voter and created new offenses to election fraud.

State Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, the author of the bill, said the bill will make it easier to vote and harder to cheat.

“These are common sense reforms, and we’re going to stand by them,” Hughes said to Nexstar following........

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