From Diane Trautman on Facebook, also sent to me in email:
Governor Greg Abbott has approved a request allowing the state to waive fees for mail-in or walk-in birth certificate issuance requests, and local registrars to waive fees for walk-in birth certificate issuance requests, for individuals from hurricane-affected counties. This is important for several reasons, one of which is that a birth certificate is a valid form of supporting documentation for voters without proper ID who need to sign an Affidavit of Reasonable Impediment.
A list of the affected counties is at the announcement. The language used is pretty legalistic, so unless you are familiar with “Section 418.016 of the code”, you may not realize from the announcement just what this means, so thanks to Diane Trautman for the interpretation. You probably know someone, or know someone who knows someone, who needs to know this, so please pass it on.
Now all those American citizen Texans without ID can begin the process of getting their voter ID certificate! This is welcome news!