Everyone’s new least favorite member of Congress, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), got knocked down a few pegs by a U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday. The court put out a ruling that allows a law in her state that requires voters present identification in order to receive mail-in ballots, to stand. Crockett openly admitted this legislation ended up costing Democrats some votes in the 2024 election.
And to think, we didn’t believe anyone could be more irritating and ideologically bankrupt than Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) or her pal, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Guess we still have too much faith in humanity.
Crockett appeared on MSNBC for an interview on Monday night, slamming the court’s decision and confessing her party’s “numbers fell” in Texas after the state legislature, under GOP control, along with Gov. Greg Abbott, passed the law. She then pointed the finger at Republicans for taking their vote “in the dark.”
“Unfortunately, we’ve seen our numbers fall now that they’ve had these voter restrictions in place,” she said to the MSNBC panel.
Here’s more from Trending Politics News:
The new law, passed in 2021, invalidated swaths of mail-in ballots that Crockett alleged may have swayed a number of close races. While Texas is not competitive for Democrats at a statewide level, the party counts 12 members of Congress who hail from Texas. A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the bill, known as SB1, did not violate federal law preventing states from enacting security requirements that are “not material” to the validity of ballots, according to Politico.
A nine-page decision by Judge James Ho said the panel had “little difficulty” determining that the law was valid.
“The number-matching requirements are obviously designed to confirm that every mail-in voter is who he claims he is,” Ho went on to write for the panel. “And that is plainly material to determining whether an individual is qualified to vote.”
The law requires potential voters to list their names and home addresses. Justices stated that both requirements are doing nothing more than restating information that is already available to the public.
“That information is easily available to anyone who simply requests it,” said Ho, who was appointed to the bench by President Trump. “As a result, any person can request and receive that information about a registered voter, use that information to apply for a mail-in ballot, and then cast the ballot, with minimal risk of detection.”
Judge Don Willett joined HO in the ruling, along with Judge Patrick Higginbotham, who was appointed to his position by President Ronald Reagan.
Republicans in Congress will likely see the ruling as a boon, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is struggling to get the SAVE Act passed. This bill would require all new voters to present proof they are citizens in order to register to vote.
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