There's a lot of sound and fury from Republicans about the need for new bureaucratic restrictions on the right to vote. They've never produced any evidence of a problem such burdens will fix. They can't explain how their complicated identification requirements for voters will be administered or enforced. They simply guarantee that all voters will face a lot more hassle dealing with underpaid federal and state bureaucrats. For instance, if one follows the law, a Texan can't get a new driver's license without a birth certificate, but you can't get a birth certificate without a driver's license.
All that said, nothing speaks so eloquently to the pathetic arguments of the Republican empty rhetoric as Sen. Troy Fraser's "worst-list" job trying to defend his proposal. Intent on ignoring Texas' major problems in health care, jobs, college tuition, public education and the environment to advance their power, Republicans are putting partisanship before progress. And that's sad. House hearings on voter restrictions begin today. It's a good time to review their argument, or lack of argument, in the Senate.
