Posted on 07/10/2012 2:48:05 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
Lawyers for several groups which are opposing the state's voter i.d bill have raised their estimate of how many otherwise eligible Texas voters would not be able to cast ballots if the law were implemented, 1200 WOAI news reports.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Westfall, representing the Justice Department, told a federal appeals court panel in Washington that 'as many as 1.4 million people' lack the appropriate government issued i.d. needed to vote under the Texas law.
That is up from the 600,000 people that Attorney General Eric Holder said would be 'disenfranchised' if the law is implemented.
Westfall gave no figures to back up her claim that one in 14 Texas adults doesn't have a driver's license or other form of government issued photo i.d. and would be unable to obtain one, despite the fact that the law requires the Department of Public Safety to provide photo i.d. voter cards for free.
Adam Mortara, who is representing the state of Texas, told the appeals court panel that voter i.d. 'is the will of the people' and he said both Democratic and Republican voters in Texas are pushing for some form of security and accountability at the ballot box. Mortara pointed out that several other states have implemented voter i.d. laws and there is no evidence that large numbers of voters have been disenfranchised by them. He pointed out that Indiana's voter i.d. law, which is nearly identical to Texas', has been approved by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Holder threw out the Texas voter i.d. law, exercising his power under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which requires that nine southern states with a history of 'voter suppression' receive pre-clearance for any election law changes from the Justice Department. Indiana's voter i.d. law was implemented because Justice Department pre clearance is not required in Indiana.
Holder will receive a friendly welcome today when he addresses the national convention of the NAACP in Houston. NAACP President Ben Jealous has already compared voter i.d. laws to 'Selma and Montgomery,' a reference to the vicious anti black laws which were approved in southern states in the fifties and early sixties, and which led to violent civil rights confrontations in Alabama.
Ironically, the Justice Department says reporters who want to cover Holder's speech today in which he will decry the discriinatory and racist nature of requiring photo i.d.---have to first show a photo i.d. before they'll be allowed into the auditorium.
JUSTICE DEPARMTENT REQUEST FOR COVERAGE:
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*******MEDIA ADVISORY*******
UPDATE: ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER TO DELIVER REMARKS TOMORROW TO
NAACP NATIONAL CONVENTION
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder will deliver remarks at the NAACP National Convention during the plenary session on TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2012, at 12:30 p.m. EDT/11:30 a.m. CDT.
WHO: Attorney General Eric Holder
WHAT: Remarks at the NAACP National Convention
WHEN: TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2012
12:30 p.m. EDT/
11:30 a.m. CDT
WHERE: George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida De Las Americas
Houston
OPEN PRESS
“...gave no figures to back up her claim that one in 14 Texas adults doesn’t have a driver’s license or other form of government issued photo i.d...”
Only US citizens are permitted to vote - how many of these “Texas adults” are actually citizens of the USA??
Obama wants to eliminate the value of being a citizen, and essentially turn the United States into an global park for the rest of the world.
-PJ
It’s a hate crime to require photo ID to vote but you won’t be allowed into the presence of the AG without it.
Being asked to show a photo ID is exactly like being attacked by vicious dogs or being hit with a blast of water from a high-powered hose.
American history is like Groundhog Day. Every month is March 1965 (the month of the Selma to Montgomery march).
Unless you look older than 35 you need an ID to buy a beer or a cigarette.
So lets see...here is a partial list of things that I can think of that you need an FREE photo ID for:
* Apply for welfare
* Apply for food stamps
* Alcohol
* Cigarettes
* Cash a check
* Firearm purchase
* Green Card - permanent resident card
* Open a bank account
* Get a loan for car or lease
* I think for car insurance?
* Rent an apartment (at least last time I did)
* Admission to a hospital (not sure about Emergency room)
* Get a marriage license
* Get a credit card
* Purchase Amtrak ticket at the counter
* Jury duty
* Most employers require proof of who you are (SSN card at a minimum and typically was a photo id of some sort)
* Library Card
* Even gym memberships typically require a photo id
So just who are these people who don’t have ID’s?
* Dead people
* People without SSANs
* Maybe spouses of someone with an ID (not sure how they got a marriage license?)
* Teenagers who don’t have a car or job
* Someone who can’t legally get one!
* And a water drinking hermit who is 100% self sufficient at their remote location with no need to travel, bank, or participate in society
The vast majority of that 1.4 million are wetbacks or are otherwise ineligible to vote — even with a photo ID...
One in fourteen residents in Texas are probably not citizens.
It is estimated that 1-2 million illegal aliens are part of Texas’ 20 million people.
Math is not my strong suit ... is 1 in 14 about 700,000 ?
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