After 6 year fight, Perry signs Voter ID into law.

Lone Star Report:  “Democrats blew up the entire 2009 session to kill a simple ballot integrity bill, and they paid for it at the polls. In addition to killing voter ID, they also killed lots of measures such as the Department of Insurance Sunset bill that would have caused Republicans to cast controversial votes on pocketbook issues. And now, a much stronger voter ID law is headed onto the statute books.”

Perry’s provacative pushback: “Governor Perry pushed back boldly today as he signed the nation’s latest voter ID law.  Texas, of all the states, has the longest southern border with Mexico and is heavily impacted by criminal activities and illegal immigrants that pour across the Rio Grande each day. The estimated cost for K-12 public education of illegal immigrants alone is over $1 billion. Texas also reports cost expenditures for illegal alien children with special health needs as being nearly 3 times that of citizen children with similar concerns. Nationwide it has been shown that illegal aliens have voted within the margin of error in several states, essentially stealing elections across the country.”

Lawmakers Join Perry in Support of Voter ID.