JQPublic1
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Why do you have to buy something just to be able to vote? Voter Ids ought to be FREE!It was only voter ID. I asked you if you think minorities are too stupid to get an ID?Voter ID was only part of it. The link I provided gives you all the scoop you'll need.. The Court didn't think it was funny!
It wasn't only voter ID. Lets get that settled first.:
Closing polling places in minority neighborhoods, “purges” that removed registered voters’ names from the rolls based on phony criteria, and poll workers who demanded forms of identification that their own state law did not require. This is clearly one-sided. In every case, these crimes have been committed by Republicans to limit ballot access to voters who are likely to vote Democrat.
No, it wasn't just voter ID and it wasn't just minorities affected. Voter suppression was aimed at some seniors, poor whites and anyone perceived to be inclined to vote Democrat. Most minorities do have driver's licenses so if they are smart enough to pass a test to operate a motor the ID is readily at hand. But it is the old folks who don't drive anymore and might have old expired driver's licenses that concern me. Those people should not be denied to exercise their voting rights. Only certain IDs were accepted in many cases. (note the blue text above).
Some people with government issued IDs were turned away but those producing CCW permits with ID were accepted.
Who Is Impacted by Voter ID Laws?
Why Voter ID Laws Aren’t Really about Fraud
Laws that require photo ID at the polls vary, but the strictest laws limit the forms of acceptable documentation to only a handful of cards. For example, in Texas, voters must show one of seven forms of state or federal-issue photo ID, with a valid expiration date: a driver’s license, a personal ID card issued by the state, a concealed handgun license, a military ID, citizenship certificate or a passport. The name on the ID must exactly match the one on the voter rolls.
African-Americans and Latinos are more likely to lack one of these qualifying IDs, according to several estimates. Even when the state offers a free photo ID, these voters, who are disproportionately low-income, may not be able to procure the underlying documents, such as a birth certificate, to obtain one.
In Texas, for example, challengers to the law cited an African-American grandmother who could not afford the $25 to purchase her birth certificate to get an ID, and an elderly African-American veteran and longtime voter who was turned away at the polls in 2013 despite having three types of ID, because none qualified under the new law.
And new research from the Government Accountability Office, an independent agency that prepares reports for members of Congress, suggests that voter ID laws are having an impact at the polls. Turnout dropped among both young people and African-Americans in Kansas and Tennessee after new voter ID requirements took effect in 2012, the study found.
Lots of extremely wealthy democrats out there who could have a fund drive for voters who can't afford I.D. The clintons and their foundation, george soros, most of the hollywood crowd, as well as wall street and the banks. Now that hillary isn't a hot item on the speaking tour since she has no government favors to sell, wall street could divert her speaking fees to help funding i.d. for the poor.