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Governor should add eyewitness ID, not voter ID, to special session call

Governor Perry finally admitted this week that a special session would be necessary to keep agencies open whose Sunset bills didn't pass, though he didn't say when he would call it.Whenever he brings them back - whether this summer or next spring after the GOP primary in March - if the Governor decides to expand the "call" for the special session beyond keeping the Sunsetted agencies alive (they can only bring up legislation for consideration with his pre-approval), the first item on the list should be eyewitness ID, not voter ID, as some have suggested.The second should be authorizing a constitutional amendment to allow the Governor to grant posthumous pardons, such as in the ignominious case of Timothy Cole - an issue of high priority, in particular, to Cole's family...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 11, 2009 (boomark / email).