U.S. judge finds Texas voter ID law was intended to discriminate
The measure requires voters to present photo identification such as a driver's license, passport or military ID card.
Plaintiffs have argued the law hits elderly and poorer voters, including minorities, hardest because they are less likely to have identification. They contend the measure is used by Republicans to suppress voters who typically align with Democrats.
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Give me a fucking break!
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Ramos said the law had met criteria set by the U.S. Supreme Court to show intent that included its discriminatory impact, a pattern not explainable on other than racial grounds, Texas' history of discriminatory practices and the law's unusually swift passage.
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I sure hope its more than them saying old, black and latino people are too stupid to get an ID
When I go to the doctor , I show my ID so hummmm old people should have an ID
It would not be an issue, if all of these Americans had a govt issued photo ID, now would it?
People live their entire lives without a govt issued photo ID....
My Mother in law, got her first govt issued photo id in her mid 70's when she learned to drive...she lived her entire life without a gvt issued photo id, until then.... and she had bank accounts, bought a home, worked in a City Hospital....
You young ones, seem to think that govt issued photo id's are and have always been necessary in order to live here....when this is simply not the case....only since 9/11 have things changed and gvt issued photo id's have become a necessity for anyone young trying to establish themselves....
my first driver's license had no photo on it, my first bank account was gotten without a govt issued photo id, my first job was gotten without a gvt issued photo id, my first home was bought without a govt issued photo id....
we are no longer the land of the free, but that does not mean it was always this way....