Court Tosses Texas Voter ID Out

[Asclepias]

Almost every nation on earth requires an ID, you need one to get on a plane, use a credit card, use a check, use my San Diego Zoo pass, etc etc.

But I can just walk into a polling place and say I'm so and so here to vote.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Texas' strict voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act and ordered changes before the November election.

The ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals instructs a lower court to make changes that fix the "discriminatory effect" of the 2011 law, but to do so in a way that disrupts this year's election season as little as possible.

President Barack Obama's administration took the unusual step of deploying the weight of the U.S. Justice Department into the case when it challenged the law, which requires Texas residents to show one of seven forms of approved identification. The state and other supporters say the Texas law prevents fraud. Opponents say it discriminates by requiring forms of ID that are more difficult to obtain for low-income, African-American and Latino voters.

Stop whining. This is the US not every other nation on earth. Get that through your thin skull.

Except when libs want to make it more like rest of the world to suit their needs

Most cons dont understand its not all one way or nothing at all. I feel sorry for such binary thinking fools like you.

 

[Asclepias]

It's one thing to require voter ID, but what ID is required is a whole other thing. Texas passed a law that clearly disriminated against the poor and the elderly.

Republicans have been seeking to pass these laws, but there is no evidence that this type of voter fraud is even a problem, and much evidence that it isn't.

Liberals declared in the past as well that no such evidence existed...and each time evidence is presented libs change their argument to 'Not ENOUGH Evidence'...

Obama beat Romney by nearly six million votes. Can you show fraud to a degree that would have altered that outcome?

I can show where fraud altered a local election and it only took two fraudulent votes to do it.

Where have I heard about such things before? Thats right. Whites fixed elections for decades and kept Blacks from voting.

 

[ThoughtCrimes]

I predict voter fraud will be rampant this year, more liberals bragging on nation-wide tv about they voted 5 times again...

And I predict that you will remain terminally brain fucked full of shit until you expire of fecal poisoning!

 

[Manonthestreet]

Almost every nation on earth requires an ID, you need one to get on a plane, use a credit card, use a check, use my San Diego Zoo pass, etc etc.

But I can just walk into a polling place and say I'm so and so here to vote.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Texas' strict voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act and ordered changes before the November election.

The ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals instructs a lower court to make changes that fix the "discriminatory effect" of the 2011 law, but to do so in a way that disrupts this year's election season as little as possible.

President Barack Obama's administration took the unusual step of deploying the weight of the U.S. Justice Department into the case when it challenged the law, which requires Texas residents to show one of seven forms of approved identification. The state and other supporters say the Texas law prevents fraud. Opponents say it discriminates by requiring forms of ID that are more difficult to obtain for low-income, African-American and Latino voters.

Stop whining. This is the US not every other nation on earth. Get that through your thin skull.

Except when libs want to make it more like rest of the world to suit their needs

Most cons dont understand its not all one way or nothing at all. I feel sorry for such binary thinking fools like you.

yeah thats it...funny how America needs to be like everyone else all the time except when it suits libs needs.....you've proven my point.....libs dont say this about guns.....libs dont say this about the economy,,,,in fact this is first I've ever heard the argument put forward by a lib,,,,,,but its in defense of fraud...not freedom

 

[OKTexas]

It's one thing to require voter ID, but what ID is required is a whole other thing. Texas passed a law that clearly disriminated against the poor and the elderly.

Republicans have been seeking to pass these laws, but there is no evidence that this type of voter fraud is even a problem, and much evidence that it isn't.

Liberals declared in the past as well that no such evidence existed...and each time evidence is presented libs change their argument to 'Not ENOUGH Evidence'...

Obama beat Romney by nearly six million votes. Can you show fraud to a degree that would have altered that outcome?

I can show where fraud altered a local election and it only took two fraudulent votes to do it.

Where have I heard about such things before? Thats right. Whites fixed elections for decades and kept Blacks from voting.

What the hell does that have to do with what I said? And why are you bringing race in to it? In this case both frauadsters were white, last I heard one has been convicted and the second had a trial pending.

 

[Asclepias]

Almost every nation on earth requires an ID, you need one to get on a plane, use a credit card, use a check, use my San Diego Zoo pass, etc etc.

But I can just walk into a polling place and say I'm so and so here to vote.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Texas' strict voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act and ordered changes before the November election.

The ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals instructs a lower court to make changes that fix the "discriminatory effect" of the 2011 law, but to do so in a way that disrupts this year's election season as little as possible.

President Barack Obama's administration took the unusual step of deploying the weight of the U.S. Justice Department into the case when it challenged the law, which requires Texas residents to show one of seven forms of approved identification. The state and other supporters say the Texas law prevents fraud. Opponents say it discriminates by requiring forms of ID that are more difficult to obtain for low-income, African-American and Latino voters.

Stop whining. This is the US not every other nation on earth. Get that through your thin skull.

Except when libs want to make it more like rest of the world to suit their needs

Most cons dont understand its not all one way or nothing at all. I feel sorry for such binary thinking fools like you.

yeah thats it...funny how America needs to be like everyone else all the time except when it suits libs needs.....you've proven my point.....libs dont say this about guns.....libs dont say this about the economy,,,,in fact this is first I've ever heard the argument put forward by a lib,,,,,,but its in defense of fraud...not freedom

All I have proven is that if cons were the only people on the planet the human race would have died out several centuries ago. You clowns dont know how to sometimes apply a conservative approach and other times a liberal approach. You are an idiot beyond your years.

 

[Asclepias]

It's one thing to require voter ID, but what ID is required is a whole other thing. Texas passed a law that clearly disriminated against the poor and the elderly.

Republicans have been seeking to pass these laws, but there is no evidence that this type of voter fraud is even a problem, and much evidence that it isn't.

Liberals declared in the past as well that no such evidence existed...and each time evidence is presented libs change their argument to 'Not ENOUGH Evidence'...

Obama beat Romney by nearly six million votes. Can you show fraud to a degree that would have altered that outcome?

I can show where fraud altered a local election and it only took two fraudulent votes to do it.

Where have I heard about such things before? Thats right. Whites fixed elections for decades and kept Blacks from voting.

What the hell does that have to do with what I said? And why are you bringing race in to it? In this case both frauadsters were white, last I heard one has been convicted and the second had a trial pending.

I just said what it had to do with it. How was I going to tell you what it reminded me of without bringing up race?

 

[Manonthestreet]

Almost every nation on earth requires an ID, you need one to get on a plane, use a credit card, use a check, use my San Diego Zoo pass, etc etc.

But I can just walk into a polling place and say I'm so and so here to vote.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Texas' strict voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act and ordered changes before the November election.

The ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals instructs a lower court to make changes that fix the "discriminatory effect" of the 2011 law, but to do so in a way that disrupts this year's election season as little as possible.

President Barack Obama's administration took the unusual step of deploying the weight of the U.S. Justice Department into the case when it challenged the law, which requires Texas residents to show one of seven forms of approved identification. The state and other supporters say the Texas law prevents fraud. Opponents say it discriminates by requiring forms of ID that are more difficult to obtain for low-income, African-American and Latino voters.

Stop whining. This is the US not every other nation on earth. Get that through your thin skull.

Except when libs want to make it more like rest of the world to suit their needs

Most cons dont understand its not all one way or nothing at all. I feel sorry for such binary thinking fools like you.

yeah thats it...funny how America needs to be like everyone else all the time except when it suits libs needs.....you've proven my point.....libs dont say this about guns.....libs dont say this about the economy,,,,in fact this is first I've ever heard the argument put forward by a lib,,,,,,but its in defense of fraud...not freedom

All I have proven is that if cons were the only people on the planet the human race would have died out several centuries ago. You clowns dont know how to sometimes apply a conservative approach and other times a liberal approach. You are an idiot beyond your years.

you've proven nothing but fact you are slippery liar

 

[Asclepias]

Stop whining. This is the US not every other nation on earth. Get that through your thin skull.

Except when libs want to make it more like rest of the world to suit their needs

Most cons dont understand its not all one way or nothing at all. I feel sorry for such binary thinking fools like you.

yeah thats it...funny how America needs to be like everyone else all the time except when it suits libs needs.....you've proven my point.....libs dont say this about guns.....libs dont say this about the economy,,,,in fact this is first I've ever heard the argument put forward by a lib,,,,,,but its in defense of fraud...not freedom

All I have proven is that if cons were the only people on the planet the human race would have died out several centuries ago. You clowns dont know how to sometimes apply a conservative approach and other times a liberal approach. You are an idiot beyond your years.

you've proven nothing but fact you are slippery liar

I proved you are an easily handled idiot. You'll thank me for it later.

 

[OKTexas]

Liberals declared in the past as well that no such evidence existed...and each time evidence is presented libs change their argument to 'Not ENOUGH Evidence'...

Obama beat Romney by nearly six million votes. Can you show fraud to a degree that would have altered that outcome?

I can show where fraud altered a local election and it only took two fraudulent votes to do it.

Where have I heard about such things before? Thats right. Whites fixed elections for decades and kept Blacks from voting.

What the hell does that have to do with what I said? And why are you bringing race in to it? In this case both frauadsters were white, last I heard one has been convicted and the second had a trial pending.

I just said what it had to do with it. How was I going to tell you what it reminded me of without bringing up race?

Oh right, except no one was kept from voting, two voted who weren't entitled to do so, they didn't reside in the district they voted in.

 

[ThoughtCrimes]

The law has been in force for 4 elections, there have been no mass complaints. This decision will be appealed and I doubt it will affect the Nov elections.

The decision by a three judge panel was appealed for an en banc review which was granted. This recent decision was that of the a full panel. The next appeal can only go to SCOTUS, and the earliest it could be heard by the Supremes, if it is even granted certiorari, would be this Fall with the decision coming long after the election in November! Texas will have to find another route to disenfranchise, obstruct and harass targeted groups of voters.

 

[Care4all]

It's one thing to require voter ID, but what ID is required is a whole other thing. Texas passed a law that clearly disriminated against the poor and the elderly.

Republicans have been seeking to pass these laws, but there is no evidence that this type of voter fraud is even a problem, and much evidence that it isn't.

You're full of shit, they require the same documents it takes to get a drivers license or State ID and a State ID is all that is required to vote. They don't take college IDs because many college students aren't legal residence of the State.

What are the requirements to be a resident in Texas???

 

[Timmy]

Our founding fathers didn't have to show special state issued photo ID to vote !

 

[koshergrl]

Asking EVERYONE to prove who they are to prevent voter fraud is discriminatory...



I predict voter fraud will be rampant this year, more liberals bragging on nation-wide tv about they voted 5 times again...

...especially if the election is anything like the DNC primaries...

Maybe we will get rid of drivers liscence next.

I'm all for that.

 

[koshergrl]

It's one thing to require voter ID, but what ID is required is a whole other thing. Texas passed a law that clearly disriminated against the poor and the elderly.

Republicans have been seeking to pass these laws, but there is no evidence that this type of voter fraud is even a problem, and much evidence that it isn't.

You're full of shit, they require the same documents it takes to get a drivers license or State ID and a State ID is all that is required to vote. They don't take college IDs because many college students aren't legal residence of the State.

And I don't think you have to show ID to get a student ID card. At least you didn't used to have to....

 

[koshergrl]

I do believe you used to have to be a landowner to vote. I'm fine with requiring that voters be together enough to have at some time obtained ID for themselves. It's kind of a basic thing that responsible citizens should have obtained at some point in their lives.

If you're too stupid, poor, and, well, illegal to have made it to voting age without ID then you have no business voting anyway.

 

[Timmy]

I do believe you used to have to be a landowner to vote. I'm fine with requiring that voters be together enough to have at some time obtained ID for themselves. It's kind of a basic thing that responsible citizens should have obtained at some point in their lives.

If you're too stupid, poor, and, well, illegal to have made it to voting age without ID then you have no business voting anyway.

You underestimate how difficult this can be. Especially for older people.

Not everyone lives in the town they were born in.

And how does this work with absentee ballot? Can't photo ID something that comes in the mail.

 

[Freewill]

It's one thing to require voter ID, but what ID is required is a whole other thing. Texas passed a law that clearly disriminated against the poor and the elderly.

Republicans have been seeking to pass these laws, but there is no evidence that this type of voter fraud is even a problem, and much evidence that it isn't.

Could you provide us with the link you used to clearly see that it was discriminatory? Thanks.

 

[Freewill]

I do believe you used to have to be a landowner to vote. I'm fine with requiring that voters be together enough to have at some time obtained ID for themselves. It's kind of a basic thing that responsible citizens should have obtained at some point in their lives.

If you're too stupid, poor, and, well, illegal to have made it to voting age without ID then you have no business voting anyway.

You underestimate how difficult this can be. Especially for older people.

Not everyone lives in the town they were born in.

And how does this work with absentee ballot? Can't photo ID something that comes in the mail.

Simple, do away with absentee ballots except for foreign service.

 

[Hutch Starskey]

It's one thing to require voter ID, but what ID is required is a whole other thing. Texas passed a law that clearly disriminated against the poor and the elderly.

Republicans have been seeking to pass these laws, but there is no evidence that this type of voter fraud is even a problem, and much evidence that it isn't.

Liberals declared in the past as well that no such evidence existed...and each time evidence is presented libs change their argument to 'Not ENOUGH Evidence'...

Obama beat Romney by nearly six million votes. Can you show fraud to a degree that would have altered that outcome?

I can show where fraud altered a local election and it only took two fraudulent votes to do it.

Good reason to make it national policy then.

Not if you believe in the 10th Amendment, the States are responsible for running their own elections.

Up to the point where they violate federal law and constitutional rights.