It’s quite difficult, if not impossible, to get the Texas state ID required to vote if you live in or around the blue city of Austin. The Austin American-Statesman attributes the problem to a labor shortage rather than a voter suppression effort. But I wouldn’t put anything past coup-enthusiast and sleazebag, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Statesman columnist Bridget Grumet recently wrote about the shortage of appointments at the agency that provides the necessary photo ID, the Central Texas Department of Public Safety offices:
It’s not like the system is offering appointments that are months away. It’s giving [the family of 18-year-old Nathan Shirk] nothing near Austin at all. I got the same “No Availability” response this past week when I searched for first-time ID appointments in Austin. Broadening the search area pointed me toward appointments in Lampasas, Killeen or the town of Caldwell.
