Posted on 03/12/2012 9:04:52 AM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
The Justice Department is objecting to a new photo ID law in Texas for voters, saying the state has failed to demonstrate that the the law is not discriminatory by design against Hispanic voters.
The department's head of the civil rights division, Tom Perez, wrote a a six-page letter to Texas' director of elections saying that Texas has not "sustained its burden" under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to show that the new law will not have a discriminatory effect on minority voters. About 11 percent of Hispanic voters reportedly lack state-issued identification.
Perez wrote that while the state says the new photo ID requirement is to "ensure electoral integrity and deter ineligible voters from voting" the state "did not include evidence of significant in-person voter impersonation not already addressed by the state's existing laws."
Perez added that the number of people lacking any personal ID or driver's license issued by the state ranges from from 603,892 to 795,955, but of that span, 29-38 percent of them are Hispanic.
"According to the state's own data, a Hispanic registered voter is at least 46.5 percent, and potentially 120.0 percent, more likely than a non-Hispanic registered voter to lack this identification," Perez wrote.
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He just hates white conservatives, in general. I think more congress people should start adding their names to the list requesting Holder's resignation.
Hey, Warrior Nurse... great to hear from you! Hope all is well with you and your beautiful family. :-)
I agree. Even here in the deep-blue People's Republik of Connecticut (getting more liberal by the day), we have to show a photo ID whenever we vote. I get the feeling that our despicable uber-lib governor (Dannel Malloy, ugh) will probably reverse that so no one will have to show photo IDs, to ensure the 'RATs rule forever here. So far we still, do though.
I have faith in Gov. Perry... hope we hear from him soon over this.
I don’t understand how a department of the executive branch can stop a state law. I understand they can try and sue but not stop legislation legally passed and signed by a state governor.
I don’t understand how a department of the executive branch can stop a state law.
Texas is one of nine states and some other jurisdictions that come under the VRA of 1965. Even such things as congressional redistricting have to have the approval of the DOJ. A mess to say the least but this Law was extended for another 25 years under the signature of President Bush back in 2006.
This Texan is ready. Sick of supporting a Marxist government that derives its power from handouts, voter fraud. And where non citizens, fags, muzzies, etc, are preferred groups.
Is Texas one of the states that require the feds to approve their voting laws?
Is Texas one of the states that require the feds to approve their voting laws?
Yep one of nine that comes under the VRA of 1965.
What can Obama do, other than stomping his girly feet in distress?
Send in Federal Thugs and start a civil war.
Maybe it is time to start the war. It is certainly time for Texas to secede. I would like to see Rick Perry tell the Federal government to take a hike. He would redeem himself in my eyes from his terrible debate performance.
Requirements for All Applicants
All first time applicants for a Texas identification card must:
There is no age restriction for an identification card.
FEE: $6
Now, they say the Constitution is outdated, and won't function in a modern world. Well, the Founders included a provision to allow amending that Constitution. These current power-grabbers are nothing more than the robber barons who plagued us following the Civil War - only now, they have some sort of "official" sanction to do as they wish.
The primary reason the union has lasted so long is because the populace of the various states always have felt it to be more advantageous to belong to the union than not. Once that advantage starts to disappear, we'll see another Civil War. And it will be a doozie.
Right now, we have an impending crisis. It is time for states to band together and take back the federal government, on the basis that the contracts that the states agreed to have been breached by the Administration, and that the agreements that they signed are no longer valid. If they don't act, the results will end up being far worse than if they do. I just don't want my children to be the victims.
I sometimes think the government's grand plan is to intentionally create conditions so bad so as to actually eliminate masses of people by fomenting war so that there are fewer people to feed - people they can control. Paul Ehrlich's ultimate prophesies may come true... not because the planet can't support us, but because the political power structure can't stand to have free thinkers around.
Mexico’s Voter ID Law.
Why don;t the dims who lover international law so damn much get behind the international laws that actually make sense...
TN has voter ID. You can even get a free photo ID just for voting; they'll take other state's IDs, expired IDs, as long as it's official. I'm sure TX has, or can find a way, to be compliant in a way that will pass court challenge.
This is all about political theatrics for the hispanic community. It'll work too.
The VRA is unconstitutional if you ask me
Probably from the same dark, moist, and fragrant orifice the where Left gets most of their figures.
Claptrap.
In the small town I live in, I have been asked for drivers license and voter card for years and this is by people I have known, or actually that have known me, since I was born.
“Send in Federal Thugs and start a civil war.”
I strongly doubt that.
Obama is a coward. He can game up, as long as he’s not opposed. He’ll chicken out. The DOJ cannot enforce against a law, but just go to court. By the time that’s done, the Texas Gov. has already organized the election.
The DOJ accusation is preposterous: NO ONE can prove a negative. Like Obama, Holder is an intellectual midget. He tried to stop oil drilling on private land in North Dakota over ... 8 dead birds, apparently found near oil wells, but the judge threw the case out as “frivolous”.
“Send in Federal Thugs and start a civil war.”
I strongly doubt that.
Obama is a coward. He can game up, as long as he’s not opposed. He’ll chicken out. The DOJ cannot enforce against a law, but just go to court. By the time that’s done, the Texas Gov. has already organized the election.
The DOJ accusation is preposterous: NO ONE can prove a negative. Like Obama, Holder is an intellectual midget. He tried to stop oil drilling on private land in North Dakota over ... 8 dead birds, apparently found near oil wells, but the judge threw the case out as “frivolous”.
Texas already has had a voter ID law in place for decades.
The new voter ID law requires a photo ID.
I think this argument that photo ID is discriminatory is just going to fall flat on its face because the previous law was already in place.
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