South Carolina and Eric Holder to fight over photo voter ID

http://taylors.patch.com/articles...-id-ruling

The battle over the South Carolina voter ID law is not over and state leaders say they will take the fight back to the U.S. Justice Department.

State lawmakers said they plan to fight U.S. Justice Department for rejecting the controversial voter ID law on the basis of racial discrimination.




Kind of funny. Eric Holder is making up numerous lies as evidenced by Indiana and Georgia's experience with voter ID.

Incoming colossal court smackdown.

Eric Holder...... defender of the fraudulent DNC voter.......

This wouldnt be an issue if the GOP idiots hadnt re-upped these sections of the Voting Rights Act in 2004 for another 25 years. These yahoos re-upped this egregious violation of states rights, targeted at the states who are largely responsible for having put the GOP into power. With representatives like that, who needs enemies?

Quote from EscapeVelo : This wouldnt be an issue if the GOP idiots hadnt re-upped these sections of the Voting Rights Act in 2004 for another 25 years. These yahoos re-upped this egregious violation of states rights, targeted at the states who are largely responsible for having put the GOP into power. With representatives like that, who needs enemies?

Yes, that was a known mistake. But Pelosi and Obama would have reupped it in 2009 if they didn't.

But Section 5 of the VRA is dead and buried if Holder does this.

I don't understand why the Democrats are fighting the notion that you have to show your ID in order to vote. It baffles me that our whole voting system is based on showing up and telling them that your name is John Smith.

Quote from Krazen1211 : State lawmakers said they plan to fight U.S. Justice Department for rejecting the controversial voter ID law on the basis of racial discrimination.

Eric Holder's entire legal argument was basically blacks are too stupid and too poor to be able to know they need an ID to vote and therefore would be disenfranchised.

I also think that in all of these states, if you can't affrd one, an ID will be provided for free if it isn't already free. I'm also 100% fine with anyone, including Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, etc. and having the state/ cover their free ID if they feel the small fee imposed on them for the ID (if any) would be an undue financial burden on them.

Hell, my friend from Mexico City (mexican national) has an ID specifically for voting (in addition to his drivers license).

Quote from Rebound : I don't understand why the Democrats are fighting the notion that you have to show your ID in order to vote. It baffles me that our whole voting system is based on showing up and telling them that your name is John Smith.

They are fighting it because they'll lose a small portion of their votes from poor people that don't carry/have a photo ID.

Both sides have reasons for supporting/opposing requiring an ID, and concerns about voter fraud are probably not high on that list.

Quote from Rebound : I don't understand why the Democrats are fighting the notion that you have to show your ID in order to vote. It baffles me that our whole voting system is based on showing up and telling them that your name is John Smith.

Quote from Epiphyte : They are fighting it because they'll lose a portion of their votes from felons, illegal aliens, and other fraudulent voters.

I accurately fify.

The "poor person" argument is without substance.

Quote from Elmer : I accurately fify. The "poor person" argument is without substance.

http://www.brennancenter.org/cont...tary_proo/

Quote : A recent national survey sponsored by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law reveals that millions of American citizens do not have readily available documentary proof of citizenship. Many more, primarily women, do not have proof of citizenship with their current name. The survey also showed that millions of American citizens do not have government-issued photo identification, such as a drivers license or passport. Finally, the survey demonstrated that certain groups primarily poor, elderly, and minority citizens are less likely to possess these forms of documentation than the general population.

Where is the substance behind your "correction"?

Wait, so you don't have to show your ID to vote in SC? WTH, is that normal? I always do an absentee ballot so I don't actually know. Although come to think of it I don't think I've ever provided an ID to get my absentee ballot either???

F me, even in Mexico you have to register to vote and get something that lets you... Or so the annoying ads I hear daily lead me to believe.

Quote from LivninSC : Wait, so you don't have to show your ID to vote in SC? WTH, is that normal? I always do an absentee ballot so I don't actually know. Although come to think of it I don't think I've ever provided an ID to get my absentee ballot either??? F me, even in Mexico you have to register to vote and get something that lets you... Or so the annoying ads I hear daily lead me to believe.

You don't have to show ID to vote in CA either. You just tell them your name. And address if you have a common name.

I don't know what happens if you show up to vote and someone has already voted under your name, cause its never happened to me.

Well folks, starting now, Obama's homestate, Illinois, where he served as a State and US Senator, you now have to show ID to buy drain cleaner.


http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/...n-cleaner/

So, you have to show ID to:
- buy liquor
- buy cigarettes
- get on welfare
- get on foodstamps
- pickup a RX
- buy a gun (even though it's a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT)
- ..... and the list goes on.

Yet, you don't need an ID to vote.

Quote from LivninSC : F me, even in Mexico you have to register to vote and get something that lets you... Or so the annoying ads I hear daily lead me to believe.

No, it's not what you've been lead to believe. It is the truth.

I have a friend who lives in Mexico City and he has a drivers license ID AND a voting ID just for voting. He is a Mexican National.

Quote from 124nic8 : You don't have to show ID to vote in CA either. You just tell them your name. And address if you have a common name. I don't know what happens if you show up to vote and someone has already voted under your name, cause its never happened to me.

That actually happened in a city near me last year or whenever. Some people went to vote, but someone had already voted under their names. I'm told we don't need voter I.D. laws, though....

In some (all?) states, you need to show I.D. to buy cough medicine. In some states, you need I.D. to get free food at a food bank. And now, in Illinois, you need I.D. to buy Draino. (edit: damn, left the tab open too long before typing and got beat.)

Speaking of Chicago voter fraud...
If Mayor Daley and three aides were stuck in a crashing plane with only one parachute and they had to vote on who gets to use it and survive, the mayor would win… twelve to six.

Quote from Epiphyte : They are fighting it because they'll lose a small portion of their votes from poor people that don't carry/have a photo ID. Both sides have reasons for supporting/opposing requiring an ID, and concerns about voter fraud are probably not high on that list.

IDs are provided for free to those who need them.

In South Carolina, transportation to the DMV is provided if you request it. Thus far, only about 30 people have.