Republicans know they have to cheat in order to win elections. And let's face it when it comes to lying, cheating, and stealing Republicans are well practiced.

But in the current Texas environment they need to do more than keep Black, Brown, and poor people from voting. Making one or two voter booths available for 100,000 people just won't be enough this time. So what to do when gerrymandering and throwing away votes you don't like isn't enough?

You make the voters have id's that match. Even though the state mandated that women have their maiden name as their middle name on their id. You insist that since that isn't their real middle name. And bingo- no vote for you.

Never mind that these id's were just fine last election. Or that pesky state mandate that women put the wrong middle name on their id.

Provisional ballots for any voter that doesn't manage the intentionally Byzantine rules.