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Donna Brazile: Voter Photo ID Not the Answer
Henry Louis Gates' "The Root" ^
| 4 May
| Gordy
Posted on 05/08/2011 11:29:42 AM PDT by flowerplough
In the month since political analyst Donna Brazile took the helm as interim chair of the Democratic National Committee, she's been focused on matters relating to the 2012 election, including a push by Republican-controlled state legislatures to require photo identification at the polls. Republicans say that the laws are necessary to prevent voter fraud, but Brazile claims that they're a partisan tactic designed to weed out voters who are more likely to be Democrats and help the GOP on Election Day.
"The photo-identification laws that Republicans are pushing across the country are most likely to disenfranchise young Americans, poor Americans and minorities -- individuals who are least likely to have government identification or to be able to afford to get it," said Brazile in a recent DNC statement.
Eight states have photo-ID laws, and legislation is pending in more than 30 others. Among the more noteworthy measures:
* An Ohio bill would require one of four forms of photo identification at the polls: an Ohio driver's license, a personal state ID card, a military ID or a passport.
* Under a Kansas bill, not only must voters show a photo ID at the polls; in order to register to vote, they will also have to produce their birth certificate or other proof of citizenship.
* A pending Texas bill rejects voters with IDs from state universities but would accept, among a few other forms of identification, a handgun license.
(Excerpt) Read more at theroot.com ...
TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; ballotstuffing; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; dnc; donnabrazile; howtostealanelection; racecard; voterfraud; voterid
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To: null and void
"The public has so little input into its government as it is." Only because the voices of the actual voters are drowned out by the fraudulent votes.
Amen.
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posted on
05/08/2011 12:24:08 PM PDT
by
Finny
("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
To: Grut
"Extending the hand of comity and keeping partisanship out of government is much more important."Agreed! And so, it seems, is losing!
To: bill1952
...she said the pillars of the Democratic Party were African Americans, organized labor, women and homosexuals.\
And felons!
She forgot to mention felons!
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posted on
05/08/2011 12:37:08 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Under Islam, there is no separation of church and state. The church IS the state.)
To: brytlea
"...Seriously, how many citizens cannot produce any proof of it? If this is really a problem, we need to be looking at THAT. I think virtually everyone has a photo ID..."
Agree. As I understand it, many, if not all, of these state efforts have provisions to issue personal photo ID cards free of charge to anyone who doesn't already have one and who cannot afford the small fee ($5 or so).
There is NO valid reason for a person to not be able to produce photo identification in order to vote.
To: flowerplough
Well you are going to have to show your ID to vote one day b!tch!
LLS
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posted on
05/08/2011 12:47:14 PM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(THANK YOU PRESIDENT BUSH!)
To: vbmoneyspender
In the game of voter fraud, Democrats opposition to the voter photo id requirement is whats known as a poker tell. Well put! If Donna Brazile is against it, I am sooooo for it. Once these laws are in place, a Dem controlled legislature has to perform phenomenal pretzel logic to justify repealing such laws.
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posted on
05/08/2011 12:49:04 PM PDT
by
VRW Conspirator
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To: flowerplough
When my elderly parents stopped driving and their DL’s expired, I took them to the MVB and got them photo ID’s. It took about 15 minutes and was free. I’ve waited in line to vote longer than that!
To: pieceofthepuzzle
And are spring loaded to playing the race card whenever they encounter a situation that is not to their liking. It is the sign of a very weak intellect and very poor character.
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posted on
05/08/2011 12:53:55 PM PDT
by
NWFLConservative
(Game On.......Fight Like a Girl!!...............Saracuda in 2012)
To: null and void
That picture is worthy of a place in a museum!
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posted on
05/08/2011 12:56:13 PM PDT
by
VRW Conspirator
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To: flowerplough
How can they steal elections if you require accountability for each vote?
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posted on
05/08/2011 12:56:16 PM PDT
by
UrbanPanhandler
(To find something "Wrong" in anything, just find where government has regulated it.)
To: All
Now how do these people get welfare and buy 40oz without ID’s?
To: vbmoneyspender
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posted on
05/08/2011 1:02:51 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: flowerplough
Democrats...the party of “[practical idea here] is not the answer.”
To: flowerplough
Was she ever a wrestler? I could of sworn I saw her take Koko B. Ware down once.
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posted on
05/08/2011 1:13:44 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: I am Richard Brandon
And where, may I ask, are the Republicans lined up to say This is designed to prevent illegal voting which is the mainstay of the Democrat Party. Tough sh*t.I know one who's probably crying about it.
To: flowerplough
If she says its not the answer then it is
To: flowerplough
...but Brazile claims that they're a partisan tactic designed to weed out voters who are more likely to be Democrats... I wonder why the commie pig would say that?
Maybe she knows that it is the 'RATS who engage in voter fraud and voter I.D.s would put the screws to their commie 'RAT "voter" bull****!
What a pig!
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posted on
05/08/2011 1:44:16 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
("...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,..")
To: flowerplough
it sounds like she was being honest in that statement
To: flowerplough
"The photo-identification laws that Republicans are pushing across the country are most likely to disenfranchise young Americans, poor Americans and minorities -- individuals who are least likely to have government identification or to be able to afford to get it," said Brazile in a recent DNC statement. So I guess the young Americans, poor Americans, and minorities are unable to:
Enter a bar
Buy alcohol at the store
Cash a check
Use a credit card
Board an airplane
Rent a hotel room
Rent a car
Drive a car
See an R-Rated movie
Should I go on?
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posted on
05/08/2011 3:07:47 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
("If Eric Holder had his way, O-B-L would still be alive today." Thank you President Bush for Gitmo.)
To: flowerplough
Its hard for an illegal to vote early and often with ID required.
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posted on
05/08/2011 4:17:19 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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