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UPDATE: J. Christian Adams just explained his objection:
This is precisely what the racial-interest groups and the Democrats want — giving an attorney general like Eric Holder revived power to block state election laws by edict, as they did to Texas and South Carolina voter ID and citizenship verification in Florida and Georgia.
To recap, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 forced 16 states to obtain federal approval for every election law change no matter how big or how small. When a polling placed moved from a school library to a school gym, Washington, D.C., had to approve. The Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 ruled that such federal oversight upset the constitutional balance by using circumstances from 50 years ago to justify federal intrusion into state power, and the Court extinguished the oversight.
Since then, the institutional left has sought to reassert federal power because it helps Democrats win elections. For example, prior to the 2012 Presidential race, the Justice Department stopped Florida from checking for noncitizens on the rolls. In 2009, the DOJ blocked Kinston, North Carolina, from having non partisan elections because, as the DOJ said, if the word “Democrat” is not next to the name of the candidate, black voters won’t know for whom to vote.
This is the madness that Carson is open to resurrecting.
No GOP candidate is perfect. If not Carson who? Even Ted is not perfect
Adams is right about the issue. In more ways than one.
No one tells me who to support or who to vote for.
I’m sorry, but this single issue is not a big enough reason to not vote for Carson.
Fighting the war the muslimes are waging against us, illegal aliens, gun rights and the rest of our Constitution, killing of cronyism, rebuilding our military, shrinking the rest of the fed beast...that's what I care about.
This is about the dumbest idea I have ever heard.
The voting rights act is OK if based on CURRENT data.
The Court struck it down because the government was punishing states using data from many years ago when Act was first passed. Court said data must be fresh and current in order to be used to prove patterns of discrimination.
Carson is worthy of support (not necessarily my top choice but he is in my top tier with Cruz and Trump)
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 would not have passed without overwhelming Republican support. Each time it has been amended or reauthorized a Republican President has been in the White House, supported its extension, and signed the legislation:
1970 - Nixon
1975 - Ford
1982 - Reagan
1992 - Bush
2006 - Bush
Really? Can't find any real issues to debate?
I’ve always smelled a rat with Carson.
Would you still hold this demand that we not vote for Carson if Carson somehow makes it to the general election?
We have to prioritize.
The individual, God-given right of the people to keep and bear arms is both a constitutional right and essential to the survival of America as a free country. I will not under any circumstances vote for a candidate who is weak on protecting gun rights.
Obamacare is a shockingly destructive socialist law that will put an end to medical progress, and its repeal is essential to the survival of America as a free country. I will not under any circumstances vote for a candidate who is weak on repealing Obamacare.
Amnesty would put an end to the survival of America as a free country. I will not under any circumstances vote for a candidate who is weak on Amnesty.
There are no other single issues at that level, not even abortion (but only because even the President cannot repeal Roe v. Wade).