Issue Position: Voting Rights

Issue Position

As a member of the House Elections Committee, Rep. Anchia has consistently fought to protect and expand Texans' right to vote. Among Rep. Anchia legislative initiatives, he has authored legislation that would allow voters to register to vote during the early-vote period; create an election-day holiday; and extend additional voter registration efforts to eligible high school students create an independent redistricting commission; and implement campaign finance reform for state judicial candidates. He also led the floor debate against the photo ID legislation that passed in 2011, as this legislation has the potential to disenfranchise minorities, the elderly and women in the state of Texas, while at the same time doing nothing to deter the main cause of voter fraud in Texas, that which involved mail-in ballots.

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