Posted on 11/02/2007 2:39:30 PM PDT by radar101
In a challenge to the Bush administration, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., introduced legislation Wednesday that would ban photo identification as a requirement for voting in federal elections.
By Kevin Diaz, Star Tribune
Last update: November 01, 2007 – 9:37 AM
WASHINGTON - In a challenge to the Bush administration, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., introduced legislation Wednesday that would ban photo identification as a requirement for voting in federal elections. Ellison's bill reflects the Minnesota practice, which does not require photo ID for the purpose of voter verification. Ellison has a companion bill that mirrors the state's law allowing eligible voters to register for federal elections on Election Day.
Ellison's voting initiative comes after an uproar surrounding the statement of a top Justice Department official addressing charges by civil rights activists that photo ID requirements discriminate against minorities, senior citizens or young people.
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Moose limb congressman deconstructing amerika
The sedition and treason begins.
And if you wear a burka - you can just keep voting over and over again!
How could even a rag head be so stupid?
One time a mooselimb bit my sister.
In 1964, Congress ratified the 24th Amendment, which banned poll taxes.
(scratching head)What the %$%# does that have to do with anything?
Oh well, stupid is as stupid does.
Having second thoughts on your political choice for congress yet 5th district?
I hope my fellow Americans in Minnesota are finally ashamed of this un-American they voted into Congress. How did this guy ever get elected?
No Dem wants picture ID because Dems want illegals to vote.Illegals will vote for Dems because Dems give away FREE THINGS to the “poor people “ .The Muzzies dont want a picture ID because they can vote with burkas on , over and over again . Less chance of knowing who is who is the best case for terrorist as well.
We throw it around quite often about liberals as a whole, but this guy is the face of the enemies outside of this country we don’t see on a daily basis.
I wish there was even a slim chance that he’d ever be voted out of office...there’s not.
Like the other nutball Democrap legislation of late, this will gain no traction. It will only serve as further embarrassment to the Vermin Party.
I really wish we were more like Mexico in a few ways. Mexicans have a separate voter ID. It is intended only for voting, has a photo, signature and a thumbprint.
I don’t know the cost is in Mexico but for a comparable US ID it would be one of those rare things that I would advocate be given ‘free of charge’ (paid through taxes) to every US citizen eligible to vote.
This guy is serious about voter fraud - enabling it, that is.
What a crock of horse biscuits. My mother no longer drives, but she still has a photo ID. My wife has never had a driver's license, but she still has a photo ID.
And guess what else? I worked as a poll watcher in 2004. An 86 year old black man was proud of showing his photo ID to check in, even though it wasn't required. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that he was only voting once . . . because he was a Republican.
I'm so tired of this horse manure. Minnesota has a permissive voter registration law because it used to be a rural state-- everybody knew everybody else. You couldn't get away with fradulent multiple voting if you tried. North Dakota has an even more permissive voter registration law-- just show up on election day and vote. It works fine there because it is still a rural state where everybody knows everybody else. Up until the 1960's, North Dakota didn't even require driver's licenses. Anybody over 16 already knew how to drive-- whether they learned on a pickup on their uncle's farm or a tractor on their father's farm. But this was hardly a model for the rest of the country to follow.
Neither is Minnesota's or North Dakota's voter law. Not requiring photo ID does, in fact, discriminate against real citizens casting real ballots.
He’s the rep of the City of Minneapolis. There aren’t many of us Republicans in his area and we could do nothing about it. The only chance would be a moderate liberal (oxymoron I know)challenging him next time around.
I just keep asking myself, What the heck is wrong with those people up on Minnesota!
Don't paint with such a broad brush.
How did this guy ever get elected?
Somalian migration.
The nineteen 9/11 hijackers and murderers had 63 validly issued U.S. driver's licenses between them.
Of dubious constituitionality, at best, since the Constitution allows that presidential electors are selected in a manner decided by the legislatures of the several states.
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