Posted on 04/04/2021 11:15:30 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
We have previously discussed the controversial history of Marc Elias, including allegations that he lied about the funding of Steele Dossier by the Clinton campaign. Elias has also been criticized for challenging elections when he and other Democratic lawyers denounced Republican challenges as a threat to democracy. Now, Elias (who is heading a new group called “Democracy Docket”) is again under intense criticism after a tweet that some have called inherently racist.
Democrats have used the recent Georgia election law as a rallying cry for federalizing elections by labelling the law, as described by President Biden, “Jim Crow on steroids.” Biden has been repeatedly called out for demonstrably false statements about the law. Elias has been arguing that the law is a barrier for black and minority voters. He is being denounced for a tweet where he suggested that Georgia voters could not be expected to be able to read their driver’s licenses correctly — a statement that seemed to refer to minority voters who would be disproportionately impacted by such a requirement.
Elias tries to explain by the new law is such a barrier to voting by noting that “The new Georgia law will require voters to submit ID to vote by mail. If they use their driver’s license, they need to provide the #. One of the two numbers below is correct. If they put the other, it will be rejected.”
He then includes an image of a Georgia driver’s license with two separate numbers highlights and asks “Are you sure you would pick the right one?”
The new Georgia law will require voters to submit ID to vote by mail. If they use their driver's license, they need to provide the #.
One of the two numbers below is correct. If they put the other, it will be rejected.
Are you sure you would pick the right one? pic.twitter.com/3yQZAgioLO — Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) April 1, 2021
Elias is suggesting that the numbers will be hopelessly confusing and thus effectively bar black voters from participating in elections.
Polls show that 72 percent of American adults approve of requiring photo identification to vote, but they have not faced with the daunting challenge of finding the driver’s license number.
If voters cannot deduce that the “DL” number refers to “Driver’s License” number, the form itself would make this obvious by only have boxes for nine numbers as well as instructions on where to find the number. There should be a concern for how errors are addressed in such systems, including the use of provisional votes or other means to address errors in writing down such numbers. Mistakes can occur that the system should allow for notice and corrections to be made.
Previously, the main argument against verified voting rules was that many minority voters do not have identification cards. This argument suggests that many who do have such cards will have difficulty figuring out their DL number.
Whatever the arguments against verified voting, insulting the intelligence of minority voters is not likely the best option.
As Curt Schilling tweeted: "Once again the left exposes its bigotry of minorities with their "too stupid to know better" set of low expectations. There is NO OTHER lengthy number and what on earth does the DL# stand for other than Drivers License #? Stop thinking anyone not white is dumber than you are."
Blasting Elias for his clearly racist and bigoted comments...
ALL minorities PLEASE read this for what it is. This is a very simple succinct statement that you, a minority, are too dumb to understand simple written instructions and you need this ambulance chaser to right the moral wrong of the white man! — Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) April 2, 2021
Better idea:NO vote by mail.
It’s long past time that millions of law-abiding black Americans come down hard on the Democrat Party for constantly slandering them as idiots.
What system do you propose for the military to vote?
Why do minority Blacks and Latino’s sit back and do nothing when the Media, Democrat Party and all these Woke Corporations tell the whole world that they are TOO STUPID TOP GET AN ID
And yet they’re supposed to understand a ballot?
I think it’s in their 12th year of lawyer school where they teach them to analyze driver licenses.
I looked at my GA drivers license. DL No. is quite obvious as what it is. Basically saying that blacks are too stupid to figure this out. Anyone who can’t figure that out shouldn’t be voting in the first place.
This is all just a huge disinformation campaign by the Democrats and their “woke” allies. And yeah there are a whole lot of people here that stupid!
Ami Horowitz: How white liberals really view black voters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW2LpFkVfYk
What is wrong with the system that already exists for military and other overseas US voters? A system already exists for that purpose. That system provides carefully monitored secure methods for military and other US citizens serving overseas to vote. See UOCAVA Voting for the details.
If they don’t remember their DL number then ask them for their Booking Number.
Maybe they can just use their vaccination passport?
You do understand that Vote-by-Mail and absentee voting are different things, don’t you?
Nice zingers by Curt Schilling.
This is the libtards’ problem.
The only arguments they have against it are based on minorities being too dumb to be able to get an id, carry an id, show an id when asked, etc.
Yeah, well ... I remember back in 2000 when they wanted to redo the Florida election because their voters were too stupid to figure out the ballot. LOL
No shame.
Dems were all for hanging back then too.
Hanging Chad.
If we never hear those two words together again....
That is great video...thx for posting...saved it this time
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