yes racial discrimination it is a problem but so is voter fraud, but democrats need to keep the false narrative of rapid racial discrimination alive so to use it as a wedge issue against republicans just like the false narrative they created with the BS war on women
Sorry I should have government issued ID which for most people is a drivers license. So sue me.Show where that is the case (only DL accepted as ID) in ANY state. You can't because it quite simply is not true.
Why should a person who has voted for 40 or 50 years be denied the right to vote simply because they don't have an approved id? Here in Oregon, the only thing required is your signature. The penalty for forgery is a stiff fine and the possibility of jail time.Show where that is the case (only DL accepted as ID) in ANY state. You can't because it quite simply is not true.
You said "wealthy minorities". It stands to reason you meant the top 1%.
Did you know that I have a racially mixed family, too? And that my niece and her kids are mixed race?
Why should a person who has voted for 40 or 50 years be denied the right to vote simply because they don't have an approved id? Here in Oregon, the only thing required is your signature. The penalty for forgery is a stiff fine and the possibility of jail time.
Sorry I should have government issued ID which for most people is a drivers license. So sue me.
The voter ID laws being passed in conservative red states with large black populations are based on race. Everybody knows it and everybody knows the conservatives deny it, including the conservatives denying it.
I guess the statistics show that it is democrats that overwhelmingly vote early in conservative red states. From that, it doesn't take genius to figure out that the voter ID laws eliminating early voting is aimed at democrats. And Blacks overwhelmingly vote democrat in conservative states. Take N. Carolina for example...
Almost 50% of democrats in N. Carolina vote early compared to 30% of republicans. Of those Democrat early voters almost 30% were black.
United States Elections Project
Every state seems to have a different criteria for voter ID. For example, some red states will only accept a valid drivers license. But a lot of the elderly don't drive or can't get drivers licenses.
What kind of identification will be required to qualify to vote in person under the new program?
A voter will be required to show one of the following forms of photo identification at the polling location before the voter will be permitted to cast a vote.
Texas driver license issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)
Texas Election Identification Certificate issued by DPS
Texas personal identification card issued by DPS
Texas concealed handgun license issued by DPS
United States military identification card containing the person’s photograph
United States citizenship certificate containing the person’s photograph
United States passport
We've lived in Oregon since 1972. I don't believe a photo-id is required when registering, but in order to renew my driver license I needed to order a birth certificate from New York State. I think it cost me $50. When voting your signature is the important thing, forget the signature and your vote doesn't count.I've lived here in Oregon since the 70s, I know how easy it is to vote here since we passed vote by mail. In case you haven't had to go for renewel yet, you might be surprised. You now have to provide state approved photo ID when registering. In addition, you must provide a birth cert or other approved docs to get or renew that state approved ID.
Why Hillary Clinton is going after voter ID laws
The former (and future?) presidential candidate just made her most overtly political speech since stepping down as the nation's top diplomat
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ended a self-imposed political hiatus on Monday, slamming Republican-backed voter ID laws in a biting speech in San Francisco.
Clinton said the Supreme Court in June had done serious damage with its landmark Voting Rights Act ruling, which cleared the way for states with a history of discrimination to tighten voting laws without federal approval. She also denounced voter ID laws pushed through by state legislatures controlled by the GOP, saying they were being justified as tools to fight the "phantom epidemic of voter fraud," but really just made it harder for minorities and the poor to exercise their voting rights. She referred to North Carolina's new election rules, which were signed into law by Republican Gov. Pat McCrory this week, as the "greatest hits of voter suppression."
This is NOT and NEVER has been about voter ID, which I strongly support, and not just to shut up the fright wing. It is about early voting and same-day registration. It is about bastardizing the 10th amendment. It is about reinforcing recent political gains, which shouldn't be hard with their egregious remap. It is about taking the senate and then going for impeachment in 2015.
Blacks were early voters and tended to vote on Sundays. North Carolina just eliminated early voting and voting on Sundays.
Certainly the precedent is part of it...
Our federal government has been on a mission to show "who's the boss" with their attempts and shots at the Tenth Amendment.. Of course 9 decide that.
I agree that is part of it however, progressives depend on voter fraud and the votes of illegal aliens - they will fight for those votes tooth and nail.
They need Mickey Mouse and Pedro to vote for them to vote early and often.
She can still vote early, and she doesn't need a photo ID until the 2016 election. Should be enough time, don't you think?92-Year-Old Who Once Faced Literacy Tests Sues North Carolina Over New Wave Of Voter Suppression | ThinkProgress
When Rosanell Eaton was 21 years old and living in segregated North Carolina, she became one of the first African Americans in her county registered to vote, after successfully completing a literacy test that required her to recite the preamble to the Constitution. But now, at 92 years old, she faces new obstacles under the voter suppression law signed by Gov. Pat McCrory (R) Monday. For one thing, she may not qualify for the voter ID card required under the new law, because the name on her birth certificate is different from the name on her driver’s license and voter registration card. Reconciling this difference will be a costly and time-consuming administrative endeavor. For another, she has participated in early voting since it was instituted in the state. Now, it’s been cut back a week.
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I do not understand the resistance to requiring a photo ID to Vote. Here are only SOME of the things that require a Photo ID. What makes Voter ID so evil?
http://www.concordmonitor.com/news/4488081-95/photo-buying-applying-democrats
Does Hillary think she is going to get 97% of the black vote...or even inspire a significant minority voter turnout? I mean..I know she is really relatable and has such a close relationship with the black community and all. I think she even attended a black church that one time when she was campaigning...She even managed to play the race card.
I find it comical that the GOP, libertarians, and the Tea Party have been crying about the government intruding in people's lives and yet they are the ones lately that have been doing it.
Yeah, it was you. Everytime someone mentions a legitimate concern about racism...people like you pull the race card.
The problem is not voter Id's, it is requiring very specific photo Id's and preventing people from using other forms of identification.
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