Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Wisconsin Voter Photo-Id Law to be Challenged in Federal Court
Posted by Bruce VanWyngarden on Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 2:08 PM
The pushback against the onslaught of state voter photo-ID laws has begun in earnest in Wisconsin, as several civil rights groups are filing suit in federal court. As we reported in the Flyer last week, Tennessee's voter ID law is little different from the one being challenged in Wisconsin.
Which begs the question: When are the groups who could begin legal opposition to this GOP bamboozle in the Volunteer State going to get their act together?
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Why is this a big issue for you, Bruce? Were you more comfortable with the Ford frauds? Or does anything that might have a differential effect on people with darker skin than yours, no matter how rational, bring out your holier-than-thou feelings?
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Hey Tapp, do you mean voter fraud or election fraud? Because in the Ophelia election it was election workers not voters that committed fraud. Nationally actual voter impersonation fraud is so low as to be nonexistent.
One more time.....
One bottle of ink per polling station, problem solved. Now, fix the damn machines.
Not to worry: the Department of Justice is ON IT! http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/us/polit…
And, the best assurance it won't dither or equivocate on this, like it has on so many other things (e.g., torture, Wall Street crime, etc.) is that this has the potential of cutting into Obama's '12 vote tally, and with an increasingly disillusioned base he's going to need all the reliably Democratic votes he can get.
if there any bad intention of the voters should be solved with dialogue and good desicion, in the coming days.
Why do we need to fix a problem that doesn't exist? If it doesn't exist, why would implementing this law make elections more trustworthy?
Voter ID Laws do not stop voter fraud, it only deters voter impersonation. There are already built-in roadblocks from the same person voting twice. The voting machine will reject both votes.
Why are we spending money on a problem that doesn't exist, yet we refuse to fix the lack of a paper trail for our voting machines? That is where the voter fraud, big time, could happen.
If a few democrats get disenfrenchfried, I see it as an added benefit.
Richard, you are certainly right about that. Disenfranchising a few democrats will only last a little while.
If you look at the population growth, especially among african americans and hispanics, the republican party, as we now know it, is own its last hurrah. These voter suppression laws springing up is just a last act of desperation, trying to keep the dream alive, a little longer.
Either get on board, or get out of the way. This train has already left the station.
OTP, that's amusing. The General Assembly will be controlled by the Republicans for the rest of our lives. Redistricting is a mighty powerful weapon, and identity politics makes it easy to draw a few token Democrat districts for the locals.
Tennessee is what... 16% African American? Where do you reckon most of 'em live?
OTP is right richard, the demographic trends don't look good for the grand ole white party. the christian white party will hold on to some states like TN, where there are lots of white people huddling up, but nationally, the old white party is in big trouble long term.
Richard is correct about the Volunteer state, and the same trend can be seen in legislatures throughout the south.
We live in Tennessee, which is a part of the United States of America. Republicans in Tennessee and the rest of the die-hard southern states will be a small minority of the entire U.S.. Sure, these few states legislatures can pass all of the laws they want, however, they had better stick to the federal guarantees every citizen has from the U. S. Constitution and Federal Laws. If you look at the ages of the oldest justices on the U. S. Supreme Court, this court will become liberal very, very soon.
Tennessee and the other die-hard southern states are insignificant in the whole scheme of things, nationally. The influence that these few states have on national policy and laws it akin to finding a flea on an elephants rump.
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