The GOP war on voting

[Teatownclown]

Still more evidence!
Ohio Limits Early Voting Hours In Democratic Counties, Expands In Republican Counties
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/10/670441/ohio-limits-early-voting-hours-in-democratic-counties-expands-in-republican-counties/

And even more evidence of a twisted concept of compromise. Dems bent over backwards to help GOP districts but when it came to supporting heavily populated minority districts there was the usual obstinate display of unfair. Guido, tell us about character.

[Teatownclown]

Ohio GOP Election Board Member: Our Voting Process Shouldn't Accommodate Black Voters
By Aviva Shen on Aug 19, 2012 at 11:29 am
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/19/711551/gop-election-board-member-admits-he-canceled-weekend-voting-in-ohio-to-suppress-the-black-vote/

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted's recent decision to prohibit early voting on nights and weekends in all districts has many concerned about the effect on voter turnout in the state, particularly among low-income and minority communities. But one Republican Party chairman is content to suppress votes among this vulnerable demographic. Doug Preisse, chairman of the Republican Party in Franklin County, which contains the city of Columbus, admitted in an email to the Columbus Dispatch that black voters would now have a more difficult time voting:
I guess I really actually feel we shouldn't contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine. Let's be fair and reasonable.
Preisse was one of the board of elections members who blocked Democratic efforts in Franklin County to expand voting hours to evenings and weekends. According to the Dispatch, he called claims of unfairness "bullshit. Quote me!"
Preisse also served on Newt Gingrich's leadership team in Ohio during the primary and is a top political consultant to Ohio governor John Kasich (R).
In 2008, 82 percent of early voters in Franklin County voted on nights or weekends. The Secretary of State has defended the move to cut hours across the state by pointing to his initiative sending absentee ballots to every registered voter. But according to a study by Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates, black voters and Democrats prefer to cast their ballots in person, with 13.3 percent of black Ohioans casting early ballots in 2008 compared to just 8 percent of white voters.
Secretary of State Husted most recently suspended two Democratic members of the Montgomery County Election Board for voting to allow weekend voting in spite of the directive to restrict hours.

Would one of you righteous party members explain to me why having a National Election Day is so bad?

[erfalf]

Didn't know where exactly to put this, but it seems in line with the race card playing in regards to the voter id stuff.

Does anyone stop to think why it would be racist to have work requirements for welfare? Let's just assume that we are discussing able bodied people, why is it racist to instate work requirements?

[Teatownclown]

Didn't know where exactly to put this, but it seems in line with the race card playing in regards to the voter id stuff.

Does anyone stop to think why it would be racist to have work requirements for welfare? Let's just assume that we are discussing able bodied people, why is it racist to instate work requirements?

Take it to another thread. Search under "birthers"...don't be so lazy. I'm no big fan of CM, but to bring this back up Willard is playing the race card in an indirect manner. Remember, RMoney has %0 of the black vote. Why bring it up?

[Conan71]

RMoney has %0 of the black vote. Why bring it up?

That's a lie!

Herman Cain will vote for him, so it's not 0%

[Hoss]

That's a lie!

Herman Cain will vote for him, so it's not 0%

Unless he's off visiting somewhere in Uzbekibekibekistan...

[erfalf]

That's a lie!

Herman Cain will vote for him, so it's not 0%

Hopefully he can pull Michael Steele's vote as well, although he has been roaming the halls of MSNBC quit a bit lately, so it's probably a toss up.

[Teatownclown]

UH OH! BREAKING NEWS.....
http://www.kswo.com/story/19398766/federal-court-discrimination-in-texas-voting-maps

http://txredistricting.org/

Federal Court Rules Texas GOP Redistricting Plans DISCRIMINATORY. "The three-judge panel unanimously found INTENTIONAL DISCRIMINATION across the state. There's no ifs, ands, or buts about it," Luis Vera, an attorney

REPUBLICAN LEADERS VIOLATED U.S. VOTING RIGHTS ACT

Statement of the Lone Star Project and Matt Angle on today's redistricting opinion:
The Court's decision is a major victory for Texas minority voters, intervenor groups and for important advocacy groups like the national NAACP and national LULAC. The Court's decision is a damning indictment of Rick Perry and other Texas Republican leaders who, in a cynical attempt to hold on to power, engaged in intentional discrimination against Texas Latino and African American voters. Every fair-minded Texan familiar with the details of redistricting knew Republican leaders were violating the law.

After months of deliberation, a three-judge Federal District Court panel in Washington, DC has ruled that the redistricting maps adopted by the Texas Legislature last year violate the US Voting Rights Act. The Court determined that Texas Republican leaders enacted maps that reduced the opportunity for minority voters in Texas to elect their candidates of choice AND the Court ruled that the Legislature used a process that was intentionally discriminatory in adopting the Congressional and State Senate maps.

Greg Abbott and Texas REPUBLICAN WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO HOLD POWER – EVEN IF IT MEANS SPENDING MILLIONS IN TEXANS HARD-EARNED TAX DOLLARS TO DEFEND ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATORY REDISTRICTING PLANS. [/size][/size][/size]

[Townsend]

BREAKING: Texas voter ID law struck down

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/30/breaking-texas-voter-id-law-struck-down/

(CNN) - A federal appeals court in Washington has struck down the Texas voter ID law which required photos for voters at the polls, saying the law amounts to racial discrimination.

The decision is considered a major victory for the Obama administration and its Democratic allies who had challenged the law.

[erfalf]

BREAKING: Texas voter ID law struck down

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/30/breaking-texas-voter-id-law-struck-down/

All I'm saying is if they invoke the Voter Rights Act of 1965 to call this a device to restrict voting of the disenfranchised, what would you call voter registration?

Would Voter ID laws be legal if ID's were free and available at the same locations as voter registrations are?

[Townsend]

Would Voter ID laws be legal if ID's were free and available at the same locations as voter registrations are?

I registered by mail.

[AquaMan]

Charge them a small fee on the water bills like EMSA. Make note on the bill that the photo ID's are free and available at area grocery stores. The grocery stores get great advertising and can use the opportunity to sell them pop or beer.

Those who don't have utility bills can get them with their free cell phones at the booths set up on every street corner in disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Lots of creative ways to get people photo id's if your real intent is to encourage voting.

[nathanm]

Lots of creative ways to get people photo id's if your real intent is to encourage voting.

If the real intent was to encourage voting, we wouldn't see early voting hours being restricted in Florida, Ohio, and elsewhere.

[erfalf]

Charge them a small fee on the water bills like EMSA. Make note on the bill that the photo ID's are free and available at area grocery stores. The grocery stores get great advertising and can use the opportunity to sell them pop or beer.

Those who don't have utility bills can get them with their free cell phones at the booths set up on every street corner in disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Lots of creative ways to get people photo id's if your real intent is to encourage voting.

There are plenty of ways. And this is just one thing that has shown how blind hatred for the opposition has made people unable to focus on real solutions.

I truly don't want to stop legitimate citizens of this country from voting. Who would, really? Well I take that back. There are probably plenty of politicians that would go witht that if it meant getting elected. But seriously, there is something that could be done.

[AquaMan]

There are plenty of ways. And this is just one thing that has shown how blind hatred for the opposition has made people unable to focus on real solutions.

I truly don't want to stop legitimate citizens of this country from voting. Who would, really? Well I take that back. There are probably plenty of politicians that would go witht that if it meant getting elected. But seriously, there is something that could be done.

Who would? Its not Democrats that are forcing these voting hindrances. If there is blind hatred its not coming from any efforts to restrict voting on the Democratic side. Any of the ideas I offered, and plenty more, have been simply ignored. This is a solution looking for a problem.