Post by danceswithdogs on Aug 30, 2012 14:30:37 GMT -5
To get anywhere near "The Great One" or into any White House function, you are required to show photo I.D. You need photo ID to obtain welfare, social security, food stamps, board a plane, enter government buildings/courthouse etc.
But, to vote for the most powerful person on earth, you don't need one. In fact, you don't even need to be real, alive, or human.
(at least until Obama has all the votes he needs).
Texas AG calls voter ID ruling 'disappointing,' vows to appeal to Supreme Court
Texas' top attorney told Fox News his state will appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal panel of judges on Thursday rejected the Texas law requiring voters to present photo IDs before casting a ballot.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who is in Tampa for the Republican National Convention, called the ruling "deeply disappointing." He said the state is trying to prevent "fraudulent voting," claiming, for example, that hundreds of dead people were listed as voting in the state's recent primary.
"This is actually a national trend, where states are trying to do a better job of securing the integrity of the ballot boxes, and yet courts (are) pushing back against that, seemingly promoting and allowing illegal voters to participate in the election process," Abbott said.
The court decision came down from a three-judge panel in Washington, D.C. -- during the same week that South Carolina's strict photo ID law is on trial in front of another three-judge panel in the same federal courthouse. A ruling is expected before the November election.
The panel, in the Texas case, unanimously ruled that the law imposes "strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor," who are often racial minorities. (oh God, haven't they worn that one out yet? Are "minorities" so stupid they can't board a bus? Or get a ride with their friends on the way to the liquor store or the welfare office and stop at DMV to get their photo taken? Can't they use their welfare ID?)
The decision involves an increasingly contentious political issue in the U.S.: a push, largely by Republican-controlled legislatures and governors, to impose strict identification requirements on voters.
Republicans say they are fighting voter fraud. Democrats, with support from a number of studies, say voter fraud is largely non-existent and that Republicans are trying to disenfranchise minorities, poor people and college students -- all groups that tend to support Democrats.
In the Texas case, the Justice Department called several lawmakers, all of them Democrats, who said they detected a clear racial motive in the push for the voter ID law. Lawyers for Texas argued that the state was simply tightening its laws.
There they go with that old, worn-out "race" card again. Why not call it what it is? It's the "Democrat Card", not the "race" card!
But, to vote for the most powerful person on earth, you don't need one. In fact, you don't even need to be real, alive, or human.
(at least until Obama has all the votes he needs).
Texas AG calls voter ID ruling 'disappointing,' vows to appeal to Supreme Court
Texas' top attorney told Fox News his state will appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal panel of judges on Thursday rejected the Texas law requiring voters to present photo IDs before casting a ballot.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who is in Tampa for the Republican National Convention, called the ruling "deeply disappointing." He said the state is trying to prevent "fraudulent voting," claiming, for example, that hundreds of dead people were listed as voting in the state's recent primary.
"This is actually a national trend, where states are trying to do a better job of securing the integrity of the ballot boxes, and yet courts (are) pushing back against that, seemingly promoting and allowing illegal voters to participate in the election process," Abbott said.
The court decision came down from a three-judge panel in Washington, D.C. -- during the same week that South Carolina's strict photo ID law is on trial in front of another three-judge panel in the same federal courthouse. A ruling is expected before the November election.
The panel, in the Texas case, unanimously ruled that the law imposes "strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor," who are often racial minorities. (oh God, haven't they worn that one out yet? Are "minorities" so stupid they can't board a bus? Or get a ride with their friends on the way to the liquor store or the welfare office and stop at DMV to get their photo taken? Can't they use their welfare ID?)
The decision involves an increasingly contentious political issue in the U.S.: a push, largely by Republican-controlled legislatures and governors, to impose strict identification requirements on voters.
Republicans say they are fighting voter fraud. Democrats, with support from a number of studies, say voter fraud is largely non-existent and that Republicans are trying to disenfranchise minorities, poor people and college students -- all groups that tend to support Democrats.
In the Texas case, the Justice Department called several lawmakers, all of them Democrats, who said they detected a clear racial motive in the push for the voter ID law. Lawyers for Texas argued that the state was simply tightening its laws.
There they go with that old, worn-out "race" card again. Why not call it what it is? It's the "Democrat Card", not the "race" card!