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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's civil rights division on Monday objected to a new photo ID requirement for voters in Texas because many Hispanic voters lack state-issued identification.
Texas follows South Carolina as the second state in recent months to become embroiled in a court battle with the Justice Department over new photo ID requirements for voters.
Photo ID laws have become a point of contention in the 2012 elections. Liberal groups have said the requirements are the product of Republican-controlled state governments and are aimed at disenfranchising people who tend to vote Democratic — African-Americans, Hispanics, people of low-income and college students.
Why all of a sudden do you think this has become and issue? It's certainly not because of voter fraud...
Justice Dept opposes Texas voter ID law - Yahoo! News
Has ever an attorney general been so politically active?
Why it's such a big damn deal to prove who you are before you vote is beyond me. You have to prove who you are to get a job, drive a car, go to school, rent an apartment...
This should not be within the authority of the United States Justice Department. Hope it goes to the Supreme Court to test constitutionality. That's where it belongs...once and for all.
SCOTUS would shoot it down too. If we didn't need it for 236 years, why would we need it now?
Justice Dept opposes Texas voter ID law - Yahoo! News
Has ever an attorney general been so politically active?
Why it's such a big damn deal to prove who you are before you vote is beyond me. You have to prove who you are to get a job, drive a car, go to school, rent an apartment...
SCOTUS doesn't decide whether states need laws.
Normally not, but we are talking about people likely to vote for Obama. Maybe there should issue a food stamp picture ID card rendering this a non-issue for democrats.I dont understand it either. This should be implemented as a federal law. Getting an ID is not that hard.
Normally not, but we are talking about people likely to vote for Obama. Maybe there should issue a food stamp picture ID card rendering this a non-issue for democrats.
Normally not, but we are talking about people likely to vote for Obama. Maybe there should issue a food stamp picture ID card rendering this a non-issue for democrats.
Then why are the Democrats peeing their pants on this? My suggestion would doubtlessly give them more bladder control on this issue.I dont think who they are going to vote for really matters. Either party can send a group of people in to vote claiming to be someone else. This is not a matter of left vs right, its a matter of keeping the election process as honest as possible.
Yeah, like in Wisconsin where the court found that the photo ID law prevented these scumbags from voting:
[F]orty uncontested affidavits offer a picture of carousel visits to government offices, delay, dysfunctional computer systems, misinformation and significant investment of time to avoid being turned away at the ballot box. This is burdensome, all the more for the elderly and the disabled. . . . Mr. Ricky Tyrone Lewis is 58 years old, a Marine Corps Veteran and a lifelong Milwaukee resident. He was able to offer proof of his honorable discharge but Milwaukee County has been unable to find the record of his birth so he cannot obtain a voter ID card. Ms. Ruthelle Frank, now 84, is a lifelong resident of Brokaw, Wisconsin and a member of her town board since 1996. She has voted in every election over the past 64 years but she does not have a voter ID card. She located her birth certificate but found that her name was misspelled. She was advised to obtain a certified copy of the incorrect birth certificate and try to use that to obtain a voter ID card. . . .
Then why are the Democrats peeing their pants on this? My suggestion would doubtlessly give them more bladder control on this issue.
First off Mr. Lewis can get his birth certificate from the state he was born in. Its not like you lose it and it's gone forever. Secondly, Ms. Frank was on the town board then she has some type of government issued ID. Sorry these don't hold up. Anyone, ANYONE can get a government issued ID. It is not a complicated process. You go to a DMV with 2 pieces of information that can be used to ID you. One of them can be as simple as a piece of mail and a SS card. SS gives you a card for free. At 64 years old there is no reason, no excuse what so ever for you to have not gotten any type of ID by that point in your life.
Yeah, like in Wisconsin where the court found that the photo ID law prevented these scumbags from voting:
[F]orty uncontested affidavits offer a picture of carousel visits to government offices, delay, dysfunctional computer systems, misinformation and significant investment of time to avoid being turned away at the ballot box. This is burdensome, all the more for the elderly and the disabled. . . . Mr. Ricky Tyrone Lewis is 58 years old, a Marine Corps Veteran and a lifelong Milwaukee resident. He was able to offer proof of his honorable discharge but Milwaukee County has been unable to find the record of his birth so he cannot obtain a voter ID card. Ms. Ruthelle Frank, now 84, is a lifelong resident of Brokaw, Wisconsin and a member of her town board since 1996. She has voted in every election over the past 64 years but she does not have a voter ID card. She located her birth certificate but found that her name was misspelled. She was advised to obtain a certified copy of the incorrect birth certificate and try to use that to obtain a voter ID card. . . .
That was a quote from a Wisconsin court decision, so apparently they held up pretty well.
example #1 was denied because his name isn't Ricky Tyrone Lewis, its actually Tyrone DeBarry. This information is pulled from the NAACP's court filing.
example #2 never had an actual birth certificate, but the state's record of her birth is accurate, except for her mother's maiden name which is misspelled. For the big fee of 20 bucks, they will generate her a birth certificate from their other records. Pulled from Voter ID becomes law of unintended consequences | Wausau Daily Herald | wausaudailyherald.com
Example #1 is clearly a clusterfark from day 1 that would take time to clearup regardless of the voterID law. Example #2 is an example where the state needs to clean up their record keeping into the 21st century, and they should waive the $20 fee since she wasn't issued a cert back in 1929.
But in the end, I do like the journalist's attempt at playing on emotions.
For the record and future discussions that we are sure to have, are you stating that if any court reaches a decision you will agree that it is the correct one? If not, then that is just someones opinion, just like anyone elses and I fail to understand your point.
I'm not necessarily going to agree with it, but given that it is the result of sworn testimony and evidence, and that it is issued by someone with training and experience separating **** from Shinola, I will give it greater weight some random guy's opinion.
What journalist? To repeat, that was a quote from the judge's decision.
In CT, we've had to show ID for as long as I can remember.Why all of a sudden do you think this has become and issue? It's certainly not because of voter fraud...
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