Texas — population 26.45 million — has issued just 340 voter IDs

Texas — population 26.45 million — has issued just 340 voter IDs
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Texas has 26.45 million citizens, 13.6 million adults registered to vote — and only 340 voters with state-issued voter ID.

After the Supreme Court upheld Texas' deeply controversial voter ID law — which requires voters to present one of seven forms of ID at the polls — the Texas Observer reports only a few hundred Election Identification Certificates (EICs) have been handed out. The Observer puts the number in perspective:

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Mike Barry

Mike Barry is the senior editor of audience development and outreach at TheWeek.com. He was previously a contributing editor at The Huffington Post. Prior to that, he was best known for interrupting a college chemistry class.