Texas Voting Rights Essay

The Texas legislative body is designed to represent the citizens of the state of Texas . Forty five percent of Texas is White, twelve percent is black, thirty eight percent is hispanic, and four percent is Asian. In contrast two thirds of the Texas House and seventy percent of the Senate is white, about a tenth is black in the House and Senate, only a fifth of the House and Senate are Hispanic. The body that is representing us isn’t exactly fair with the consensus of the general population. Minorities as a whole represent the state of Texas with over 55 percent of the population, or State Legislation is 70 percent white. Our politics at the state level is dominated by white middle aged males and at times can’t relate or reflect the needs of
A federal court judge ruled that the law discriminated against minorities and violated the Voting Rights Act. It required Texas voters to present a government-issued photo ID like a driver’s license, a passport, or a military ID. The judge said that requiring these IDs were disenfranchising minorities because they had a more difficult time obtaining these ID’s. They didn’t accept state government IDs or Student IDs, which many other state’s allowed. The stricter rules were put in place to attempt to prevent voter fraud but only two cases had occurred since the law was put in place. The fifth circuit court said that the Texas law impacts minority voters over white voters. The lawmakers rushed to create the voter ID law through the legislative process without the usual committee analysis, debate and consideration of amendments. The polarization of the voting allows for pro Anglo partisan advantage in the House and Senate of the Texas Legislative. The imbalance of representation of the Texas Legislative in comparison to the population is due to the direct act of disproportionate minority voters to keep a Republican rule in the House and