Texas lawmakers hear concerns about bill to require proof of citizenship for voting

Texas lawmakers hear concerns about bill to require proof of citizenship for voting

Democratic lawmakers and Texas voters spent nearly four hours at a legislative hearing on April 24 demanding to know how a GOP-backed bill to require citizenship proof from voters would work, and warning that it could disenfranchise eligible Texans.

Houston voter Jacqueline Altman told members of the House Election Committee that it recently took her two days to obtain a copy of her birth certificate from the county, a process that required her to miss work to sit in county offices.

“When decisions are being made about these kinds of documentation, I ask that we take all of that into consideration,” said Altman, one of around a dozen Texans who testified in opposition to the bill.

House Bill 5337 goes