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Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Oct 31 01:01:16 2014 WASHINGTON -- A Texas voter ID law considered to be one of the most restrictive in the country is doing exactly what Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg warned it would do: stopping Americans from voting.A disabled woman in Travis County was turned away from voting because she couldn’t afford to pay her parking tickets. An IHOP dishwasher from Mercedes can’t afford the cost of getting a new birth certificate, which he would need to obtain the special photo ID card required for voting. A student at a historically black college in Marshall, who registered some of her fellow students to vote, won't be able to cast a ballot herself because her driver's license isn't from Texas and the state wouldn't accept her student identification card. There are plenty of stories like this coming out of Texas in the early voting period leading up to Election Day. Texas' tough voter ID law, signed by Gov. Rick Perry in 2011, requires voters to show one of seven types of photo identification. Concealed handgun licenses are allowed, but college student IDs are not, nor are driver’s licenses that have been expired for more than sixty days. The law has been the subject of an extensive legal battle, with a federal court finding it unconstitutional earlier this month. But the Supreme Court then rejected an emergency request to put the law on hold for the upcoming election. Ginsburg authored a blistering dissent to that decision, calling the law an "unconstitutional poll tax.” The ruling marked the first time in 32 years that the Supreme Court allowed a law restricting voting rights to be implemented after a federal court ruled it unconstitutional for targeting minorities, according to SCOTUSblog. The early voting period is still going on in Texas, but voters and election officials told The Huffington Post there have already been problems casting ballots due to the new restrictive measure. Under the law, Texans without acceptable forms of identification must go to a driver’s license office to get a voting card. In Austin, 45-year-old Eric Kennie, who hasn't set foot outside the state his whole life, couldn't get his card because the birth certificate he struggled to afford lists his mother's maiden name. In Houston, an election judge claims that a 93-year-old veteran was turned away from the polls because his driver's license had been expired for too long. Another 62-year-old woman told MSNBC that she was threatened with jail time when she went to obtain her voter ID because she was driving with a California license. Dana DeBeauvoir, the clerk responsible for overseeing election conduct in Travis County, which has over one million people and includes the city of Austin, said she spoke this week to a 61-year-old disabled woman, Madeleine, who was “in tears” because she was turned away when she went to vote at a grocery store. The low-income woman is on a payment plan with a court to pay off her parking tickets, DeBeauvoir said, and while she’s on the plan, her license is suspended. Now, Madeleine has to quickly get to a driver’s license office to get a voting card. Her disability qualifies her to vote by mail, but she missed that deadline because she didn’t know her license would be denied. ”She’s been voting every year since the day 18-year-olds got the right to vote, and now suddenly she finds out she’s lost her right to vote because of money,” DeBeauvoir said. “If she had money, she could just pay off the tickets [and] vote.” DeBeauvoir noted that people who don’t have proper identification are offered a provisional ballot. After Election Day, voters only have six days to come back in and show identification, otherwise the ballot doesn’t count. So far, the county has received about twenty provisional ballots a day. It’s not clear yet how many of those are due to ID issues, but DeBeauvoir has heard stories from “older people who were born at home, disabled people who don't drive, who don't have the proper identification, and yet still want to vote.” Chris Melody Fields Figueredo, manager of legal mobilization and strategic campaigns for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said she’d heard reports from people who have been afraid to get voter IDs because they’re worried the government will run their traffic records and they’ll have to pay tickets on the spot. The driver’s license offices are “not supposed to do that,” she said, “but there has been this hesitation.” Jesus Garcia, 40, was born in Texas. He has his voter card as well as an expired form of photo identification that works just fine for most purposes. But under the Texas law, that isn't enough proof, because his ID has been expired for too long. Getting another form of identification is difficult because his birth certificate, along with his wallet, was stolen about a year ago. "I'm barely working, I don't have enough money to get my ID," Garcia, who works as a dishwasher at an IHOP restaurant, told HuffPost. He would have to pay roughly $30 to obtain a new copy of his birth certificate and a new card, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Garcia has made two trips to the Department of Public Safety to obtain an identification card, but has been unsuccessful. He believes the law was passed to make it more difficult for people like him to vote. "If I had money to go get my birth certificate and all that, I wouldn't be having trouble right now," Garcia said. "But like I said, money's down." Krystal Watson is a student at Wiley College, a historically black college in Marshall, Texas. She voted here before the new restrictions were enacted, and even registered fellow students to vote. But she didn't realize until recently that the restrictions would prevent her from casting a ballot this year because she has an out-of-state license. When she showed up to vote early, she found herself facing off with the same person who had deputized her to register voters. "She told me I couldn't vote, and I really didn't get it. I was like, 'What's the problem? I meet all the requirements,'" Watson said. "I don't know how many people would go somewhere and get told no and just quit at that moment." Watson said she doesn't think she'll be able to vote this year, and says she thinks the law was put in place to keep certain kinds of people from voting. "Marshall is a really small town -- I mean, they still have Confederate flags when I pull into school," Watson said. "So it is a bit racist, but in the community of Wiley College, it's a diverse community." Christina Sanders, state director for the Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund, said that her group has interacted with about half a dozen people at two voting locations in predominantly African-American and Latino neighborhoods in Houston who have been turned away because of the new law. The group hasn't done a final count, however, since people are still voting provisionally. Voting experts say that people willing to speak out about voting troubles make up only a small percentage of the total number of Texans being disenfranchised. The majority may simply give up and go home. As Ginsburg predicted, the law “risks denying the right to vote to hundreds of thousands." |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by Train Dude on Fri Oct 31 01:40:34 2014, in response to Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Oct 31 01:01:16 2014. ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Oct 31 01:41:46 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Train Dude on Fri Oct 31 01:40:34 2014. how stupid could someone be to think it's their right to vote with an out-of-state license? that's looking for a fight. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by Train Dude on Fri Oct 31 01:42:41 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by LuchAAA on Fri Oct 31 01:41:46 2014. Extremist liberals love the taste of bait. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Oct 31 02:07:46 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Train Dude on Fri Oct 31 01:42:41 2014. The Emotionals love the idea of using out-of-state license thinking it will increase their chances of illegal voting, which favors them. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by rkba on Fri Oct 31 02:10:53 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by LuchAAA on Fri Oct 31 02:07:46 2014. Ruled by lawlessness. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 02:39:27 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Train Dude on Fri Oct 31 01:40:34 2014. So you oppose the right to vote? |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 02:39:28 2014, in response to Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Oct 31 01:01:16 2014. Or in other words, the law is doing exactly what it was designed to do— stop people from voting. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 02:39:31 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Train Dude on Fri Oct 31 01:42:41 2014. So only "extremist liberals" believe people should have the right to vote? |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:07:21 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Train Dude on Fri Oct 31 01:40:34 2014. Lol |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:09:17 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 02:39:31 2014. Fuck you |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:10:17 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 02:39:27 2014. Fuck you |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 03:10:24 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:09:17 2014. So that's a "yes" then? |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 03:10:57 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:10:17 2014. Do you support the right to vote or not? |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:13:33 2014, in response to Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Oct 31 01:01:16 2014. Ruth Busie Ginsberg is a self hating Jew, who's very ugly. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:14:24 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 03:10:24 2014. You're a punk. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:16:47 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 03:10:24 2014. You're a punk. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:16:48 2014, in response to Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Oct 31 01:01:16 2014. Ruth Busie Ginsberg is a self hating Jew, who's very ugly. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:16:50 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 02:39:27 2014. Fuck you |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 03:34:27 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:14:24 2014. If you don't have anything worthwhile to say, you certainly shouldn't say it twice. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:39:25 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 03:34:27 2014. Fuck you |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 03:43:50 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:39:25 2014. Is that all you know how to say? |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by train dude on Fri Oct 31 08:25:33 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 02:39:31 2014. No ass wipe. Only liberals think illegal voting is no big deal. Just like its only liberals who think illegal immigration is no big deal. |
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Re: "Ginsburg Was Right"? Worst headline ever from Huffington Puffington Post |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Oct 31 08:26:16 2014, in response to Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Oct 31 01:01:16 2014. May as well link the lying article. Anything that stops election fraudsters from voting is good. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right? Texas' "Extreme" Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Oct 31 08:28:04 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by train dude on Fri Oct 31 08:25:33 2014. A party that goes so far as to threaten its base into voting would have no problem with anything that "benefited" them in the short term. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right? Texas' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Oct 31 08:31:20 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:16:48 2014. She actually became ugly. She was quite dolled up in this pic from Cornell University. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 08:31:30 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by train dude on Fri Oct 31 08:25:33 2014. No ass wipe.I'm not sure why you chose to share this intimate detail in a public forum. I didn't particularly need to hear about... that aspect of your life, and I am currently overdosing on brain bleach. Only liberals think illegal voting is no big deal. No illegal voting has occurred, with any meaningful frequency, at any point. I ask again: Do you believe people should have the right to vote? Because as the article explains, the Texas ID law has been telling a lot of people that they do not have the right to vote. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right? Texas' ''Extreme'' Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting? |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 08:33:31 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right? Texas' "Extreme" Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting?, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Oct 31 08:28:04 2014. Where's the threat? |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 08:34:06 2014, in response to Re: "Ginsburg Was Right"? Worst headline ever from Huffington Puffington Post, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Oct 31 08:26:16 2014. Anything that stops election fraudsters from voting is good.So you believe poor people voting is "fraudulent?" Only rich people should be allowed to vote? |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by train dude on Fri Oct 31 08:46:04 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 08:31:30 2014. You will have to show me where I said anything about only rich people should have the right to vote. You seem to have a furtile imagination. |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 08:52:14 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by train dude on Fri Oct 31 08:46:04 2014. Where did I say anything about rich people? It seems you're the one whose imagination is especiallyWhat I asked you was this: I ask again: Do you believe people should have the right to vote? Because as the article explains, the Texas ID law has been telling a lot of people that they do not have the right to vote. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Oct 31 08:57:36 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 03:43:50 2014. yep !IAWTP |
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Posted by train dude on Fri Oct 31 08:57:53 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 08:52:14 2014. You will have to explain "a lot" to me. Quantify how many poor voters vs how many were not permitted to vote. Are "rich voters" exempt from these regulations? |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 09:03:14 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by train dude on Fri Oct 31 08:57:53 2014. You will have to explain "a lot" to me.Really? Most people are generally familiar with the concept. Quantify how many poor voters vs how many were not permitted to vote. The article mentions something like half a dozen specific cases, each representative of a major problem with the law. So tell me, do you believe people have the right to vote or not? Are "rich voters" exempt from these regulations? Rich people can pay the poll tax. Poor people can't. Please read the article before you comment on it. |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Fri Oct 31 09:03:38 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Oct 31 08:57:36 2014. Is nilet your new wittle buddy? |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right? Texas' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Oct 31 09:10:43 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Fri Oct 31 09:03:38 2014. One thing about Nilet that I can believe is that he was created on the island of Patmos by a mad scientist called Yakub. |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right? Texas' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting? |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 09:14:32 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right? Texas' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting?, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Oct 31 09:10:43 2014. You belong to Nation of Islam now? |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Oct 31 09:18:48 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Oct 31 03:10:17 2014. What a trenchant insight. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Oct 31 09:21:37 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by LuchAAA on Fri Oct 31 01:41:46 2014. No, it's not. I've voted while possessing an out of state license. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Oct 31 09:22:28 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 02:39:31 2014. Probably. Because otherwise their brand of conservatism will die a quicker death. |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Fri Oct 31 09:27:02 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Oct 31 09:18:48 2014. Now you like nilet? |
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Posted by mtk52983 on Fri Oct 31 09:31:24 2014, in response to Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Oct 31 01:01:16 2014. Illegal voting has taken place and it is important that measures are enacted to prevent that. However, it is just as bad when those eligible to vote are disenfranchised because they are unable to produce the documentation necessary to obtain the voter ID card. The card itself may be free but if you require documentation that costs money to obtain (even at a reduced rate) it is a poll tax. A rose by any other name is still a rose. From what I have seen in Texas, the number of eligible voters disenfranchised is greater than the number of illegal voters prevented and that does bother me as both situations (illegal voting and disenfranchised legal voters) dilute the vote of legal voters |
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Posted by bingbong on Fri Oct 31 09:37:47 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 08:34:06 2014. What I do not get is the disconnect regarding the woman paying off parking tickets and a picture ID the law states as valid for voting. THAT IS A POLL TAX. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Oct 31 09:40:02 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by bingbong on Fri Oct 31 09:37:47 2014. IAWTP ! |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Oct 31 09:40:27 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Nilet on Fri Oct 31 02:39:28 2014. IAWTP ! |
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Posted by WillD on Fri Oct 31 09:41:54 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by LuchAAA on Fri Oct 31 01:41:46 2014. So desiring to vote in one state you have established residency in with a license fm another state you've established residency in is asking for a fight? Thanks for attacking. |
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Posted by AlM on Fri Oct 31 09:50:13 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by mtk52983 on Fri Oct 31 09:31:24 2014. In addition, the method used to combat illegal voting (requiring photo ID) doesn't actually prevent a significant portion of the illegal voting that does happen. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Oct 31 09:50:31 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Fri Oct 31 09:03:38 2014. wtf ? |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Oct 31 10:12:52 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Fri Oct 31 09:27:02 2014. Why do you think I like him? |
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Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting |
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Posted by AlM on Fri Oct 31 10:22:09 2014, in response to Re: Ginsburg Was Right: Texass' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Oct 31 10:12:52 2014. It must be very odd to live one's entire life without the concept of the color gray. |
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