Uber, Lyft Spend Big, Lose Big in Texas Vote on Driver Fingerprinting Posted by May 9, 2016 Leave a comment on Uber, Lyft Spend Big, Lose Big in Texas Vote on Driver Fingerprinting The two companies spent more than $8 million to repeal a city ordinance, but voters said by a margin of 56 to 44 percent they wanted the fingerprint checks to stay.