Texas Allowed Concealed Carry IDs to Vote But Banned Student IDs After Shelby Decision

What was said

"They outlawed the use of student IDs to vote as opposed to the IDs you use to carry a concealed weapon. So in other words, an ID which allows you to carry a book of Shakespeare, book of engineering, book of English across a college campus deemed to be civically insufficient to vote, as opposed to an ID which allows you to carry a concealed weapon."

Cornell William Brooks reveals that Texas implemented voter ID restrictions immediately after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in Shelby v. Holder, accepting concealed carry permits for voting but rejecting student IDs. Those eligible for concealed carry permits were 21 and older, effectively suppressing youth voters despite the 26th Amendment guaranteeing voting rights at 18. Brooks argues this is part of a broader pattern of generational voter suppression targeting young people.