We are joining the 21st century.

House Bill 313, which received praise from committee members in a Monday hearing, and Senate Bill 315, which was voted out of committee Thursday, propose allowing voters to register online and have that application automatically authenticated rather than having to wait on local election officials to reenter the data in their systems and confirm it.

Texas will save about 80 cents her voter application by allowing online registration.  Those savings, of course, will be put in a lockbox for Rick Perry to display during his Presidential run.  Hungry children might be allowed to look at it but not touch it.

If you’re from around here, call your lege varmint and let them know you favor online voting registration because, dammit, these computer dohickeys ain’t just a passing fad.

Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.