It’s Really the Keep Americans FROM Voting Act

I cast my first ballot here in Gregg County at the age of 18 in November 1973. It was an off-year election. I do not recall what was on that ballot, but research indicates there were five proposed amendments to the much-amended Texas Constitution. There does not appear to have been any local races decided that November. I voted simply because I could. In 1972, I was too young to vote, meaning I missed out on casting a ballot in the presidential election. Not that it would have made a difference, since Richard Nixon overwhelmingly defeated Sen. George McGovern in Texas and nearly everywhere else....

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