Posted on 07/07/2013 6:05:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
State officials across the South are aggressively moving ahead with new laws requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls after the Supreme Court decision striking down a portion of the Voting Rights Act.
The Republicans who control state legislatures throughout the region say such laws are needed to prevent voter fraud. But such fraud is extremely rare, and Democrats are concerned that the proposed changes will make it harder for many poor voters and members of minorities — who tend to vote Democratic — to cast their ballots in states that once discriminated against black voters with poll taxes and literacy tests.
The Supreme Court ruling last month freed a number of states with a history of discrimination, mostly in the South, of the requirement to get advance federal permission in order to make changes to their election laws.
Within hours, Texas officials said that they would begin enforcing a strict photo identification requirement for voters, which had been blocked by a federal court on the ground that it would disproportionately affect black and Hispanic voters. In Mississippi and Alabama, which had passed their own voter identification laws but had not received federal approval for them, state officials said that they were moving to begin enforcing the laws.
The next flash point over voting laws will most likely be in North Carolina, where several voting bills had languished there this year as the Republicans who control the Legislature awaited the Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which had covered many counties in the state. After the ruling, some Republican lawmakers said that they would move as soon as next week to pass a bill requiring voters to present photo identification at the polls.
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“...states that once discriminated against black voters with poll taxes and literacy tests.”
NYT is forgetting that was when the Democrats controlled the “Solid South.”
Maybe not a "nuclear bomb" but more like a conventional bomb. The fact is that they are overall fairly weak in the states that had been covered by the pre-clearance requirement of the VRA, anyhow, and they haven't yet amped up their fraud and cheating techniques to the point where elections can be stolen in most of them. The key "swing states" (or "purple states") that had been covered by the VRA are Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia.
Photo ID requirements are useful in preventing scams, but they are not the complete solution. Other changes have to be made in election procedure, like eliminating early voting and Motor Voter, requiring proof of citizenship (which the SCOTUS seems to have disallowed on the state level), eliminating same day registration, and securing electronic voting and vote counting devices from tampering and hacking.
Days of early voting and extended hours enabled the D'rat machine to herd the masses into buses and take load after load bodily to the polls. This is how they got 100% votes in black precincts.
Agree completely that early voting facilitates cheating, and should be done away with. But no black precinct is going to deliver 100% of the votes to the 'Rat. There are always going to be a small minority of blacks who vote Republican. Any precinct reporting a 100% for Zero has got to be reporting their vote fraudulently!!!
It wasn’t a coincidence that every state that had ID voter laws went for Romney, those that didn’t went to Obama.
If this statement were true -- and it's not -- what would the New York Times have against stamping out voter fraud once and for all?
Sadly you are right. And as long as those in charge don't do anything to stop the cheating, the "serious brawls" could trigger Civil War II. Phony elections have been the trigger point for civil unrest and wars in many nations down through the years. Once a sizable percentage of the population loses faith in the integrity of the electoral process, it is left with no peaceable means to alter its plight.
The first part of your statement is true: every state that had (strict) ID photo voter laws did go for Romney, but there were only four of them. So there were other states without such laws that did go to Romney, but obviously not enough of them, if you believe the reported tallies in an election characterized by so much fraud and cheating.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_ID_Laws_in_the_United_States
Helpful chart of current status of Voter ID law, by State.
Looks like Pennsylvania’s goes to trial later this month.
. Fixed it
Go cry your own river - you intolerant lib.
You want to give welfare queens the power to vote and somehow I am the liberal? I think you are overdue for your meds.
| State | Date | Type of Law | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Photo ID | [38] Law tightened in 2011 to require photo ID as of 2014[39][40]But still has not obtained federal preclearance[41] In 2013, Attorney General Strange believes that the Photo ID law can now be implemented in 2014 due to the Supreme Court case of Shelby County v. Holder.[42] | ||
| Alaska | Photo ID | Rep. Bob Lynn drafting a bill to implement Photo ID law as of December 2012[43] | ||
| Arizona | Non-photographic forms of ID are accepted at polling places as of 2013[44] | |||
| Arkansas | 2014 | Photo ID | Photo ID bill passed by lawmakers in 2013, and survived a veto by the Governor. Pre-clearance is not needed for Arkansas, and the bill is now law. Law will be enacted when free ID cards can be issued, or in January 2014, whichever is later.[45] | |
| California | In most cases, California voters are not required to show identification before they cast ballots.[46] | |||
| Colorado | Non-photographic forms of ID allowed at polling places as of 2013. [47] | |||
| Connecticut | Photo ID | In 2013, the Governor signed a Photo ID bill into law. Several lawsuits are currently delaying implementation. [48] | ||
| Delaware | Non-photographic forms of ID allowed at polling places as of 2013.[49] | |||
| Florida | Photo ID | Federal judges strike down a Photo ID requirement in 2012.[50] | ||
| Georgia | 2006 | Photo ID | Existing law tightened in 2005 to require a photo ID; In 2006, passed a law providing for the issuance of voter ID cards at no cost to registered voters who do not have a driver's license or state-issued ID card. Photo ID was required to vote in the 2012 elections.[51] | |
| Hawaii | 1978 | Photo ID | Photo ID required when voting in person.[52] [53] | |
| Idaho | Voters may sign a Personal Identification Affidavit if they do not possess a Photo ID at the polls. [54] | |||
| Illinois | Republican Senators authoring a bill for Photo ID. [55] | |||
| Indiana | 2005 | Photo ID | Photo ID required when voting in person.[56] | |
| Iowa | Photo ID | Iowa House is preparing to vote on a Photo ID bill. [57] | ||
| Kansas | 2011 | Photo ID | Photo ID is required when voting in person.[58] | |
| Kentucky | A citizen may vote if they have Photo ID, or if a precinct officer can vouch for the voter. [59] | |||
| Louisiana | Voters may use non-photographic identification at the polling place. [60] | |||
| Maine | No ID needed at polling place if registered to vote at least 1 day prior to election.[61] | |||
| Maryland | Photo ID | Republicans sponsored a House Bill requiring Photo ID in 2013. [62] | ||
| Massachusetts | Non-photographic ID is accepted at polling stations.[63] | |||
| Michigan | Passed in 1996, but ruled invalid until a State Supreme Court ruling in 2007. Voters are requested to show photo ID or sign a statement saying they do not have valid ID in their possession at the time. Either way, the voter will not be turned away.[64] | |||
| Minnesota | Non-photographic ID is accepted at polling stations. [65] | |||
| Mississippi | Photo ID | Governor signed Photo ID bill into law in 2012. The bill will now be required to go through Pre-Clearance check from the federal government.[66] Voting Rights Act Ruling in 2013 clears the way for Mississippi to enact new Photo ID requirement in 2014.[67] | ||
| Missouri | Photo ID | In 2006, the existing law was tightened to require photo ID. In 2006, State Supreme Court blocks law. In 2013, State House passes Voter ID law, needs to be approved by State Senate, and voters in November 2014 elections.[68] | ||
| Montana | Montana Voter ID Bill killed in 2013. [69] | |||
| Nebraska | Photo ID | Lawmakers are revisiting a Photo ID bill in 2013.[70] | ||
| Nevada | Photo ID | Secretary of State sponsors a bill for Photo ID in 2012. [71] | ||
| New Hampshire | Photo ID | NH Senate working on a Photo ID bill in 2013. [72] | ||
| New Jersey | Non-photographic forms of ID are accepted at the polls. [73] | |||
| New Mexico | Law Repealed | In 2008, the existing voter ID law was relaxed, and now allows a voter to satisfy the ID requirement by stating his/her name, address as registered, and year of birth. | ||
| New York | Non-photographic ID accepted at polling stations[74] | |||
| North Carolina | Photo ID | In 2013, the state House passed a bill that requires voters to show a photo ID when they go to the polls by 2016.[75] | ||
| North Dakota | ND Senate passes bill that would require Photo identification OR a person with Photo ID to vouch for a voter without ID. [76] | |||
| Oklahoma | Photo ID | Oklahoma voters approved a voter Photo ID proposal placed on the ballot by the Legislature. The only non-photo form of ID accepted at the polls is the voter's registration card. [77] | ||
| Ohio | Photo ID | With strong Republican majorities in Ohio House and Senate, the Photo ID bill is expected to be revisited. [78] | ||
| Oregon | Mail Ballots Only | Oregon has no polling stations. Ballots are mailed in. Non-photographic forms of ID are accepted for voting registration. Information required on voting ballots, such as Last 4 SSN, or Drivers License Number, could not be referenced. [79] | ||
| Pennsylvania | Photo ID | Law blocked by Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson.[80] Photo ID lawsuit expected to go to trial in July 2013 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2014 | Photo ID | RI requires Photo ID at the polls in 2014.[81] | |
| South Carolina | 2013 | Photo ID | Law tightened in 2011.[39] Justice Department rejected South Carolina's law as placing an undue burden disproportionately on minority voters.[17] On October 10, 2012 the US District Court uphold South Carolina Voter ID law though the law won't take effect till 2013.[82][83] In March 2013, all voters were required to show Photo ID when voting at the primaries.[84] | |
| South Dakota | If a voter does not possess a photo ID at the polling place, then the voter may complete an affidavit of personal identification. [85] | |||
| Tennessee | 2011 | Photo ID | Law tightened in 2011.[39] Tennessee voters were required to show Photo ID during the 2012 elections.[86] | |
| Texas | Photo ID | Law tightened in 2011.[39] Justice Department rejected the Texas law as placing an undue burden disproportionately on minority voters.[87] 2013 Supreme Court case Shelby County v. Holder strikes down Justice Department's ability to reject the Texas law. Photo ID requirements are to "immediately take effect" according to Texas Attorney General Abbot.[88] | ||
| Utah | Non-photographic forms of ID are accepted at polling stations.[89] | |||
| Vermont | No ID required to vote at polling stations. [90] | |||
| Virginia | Photo ID | Governor signed Photo ID requirement into law in 2013. Law now needs to pass "pre-clearance" by the US Supreme Court (some southern states are required due to past voting rights issues).[91] Supreme Court Voting Rights Act ruling in 2013 clears the way for Virginia to enact the new Photo ID requirement in 2014.[92] | ||
| Washington | Mail Ballots Only | Washington has no polling stations. Ballots are mailed in.[93] | ||
| West Virginia | Photo ID | Republicans are preparing a Photo ID bill in 2013.[94] | ||
| Wisconsin | Photo ID | Two state circuit judges in Dane County, Wisconsin blocked the ID requirement provisions of that state's law, with the first judge issuing a temporary injunction, followed by the second judge a week later ruling the requirement was in violation of the Wisconsin Constitution.[95] The fate of the law is uncertain, as the Republican-led State Department of Justice fights the ruling in court.[96] Wisconsin appeals court ruled that the Voter ID law is constitutional, but the requirement remains blocked by a separate case.[97] | ||
| Wyoming | No ID needed at polling stations.[98] |
Voter fraud (and other kinds of election cheating) is thousands of times more common than an occasional story about a case here and there would seem to suggest. That's because law enforcement is generally reluctant to get involved with these cases because they fear a political backlash from the Left!
So the fraudsters know that up side to their shenanigans generally far outweighs the risk of being prosecuted and convicted.
Be careful who you point the finger at - because you have 3 pointing right back at you. Sorry, don’t take meds, so you can now get off your holier-than-thou soap box.
Golly gee, while we’re at it let’s make a long list of those who can and can’t vote. Or, how about a litmus test for every voter? You are a tyrannical person.
Thank you for posting the voter ID table. I could not get it to format properly when I tried, so just posted the link.
The progressive deconstruction of this nation has been to give those non-contributors the right to vote then buy their vote out of the public treasury.
Unless that problem is addressed any effort to preserve this nation is doomed.
I hope I’m wrong, but I think this nation is doomed right now if things continue on the same path.
Think of the Minnesota Al Franken election when a box of 500 votes was miraculously found in a car trunk days after the election. When the box was open, well wouldn’t you know every single one of those ballots were for Al Franken.
I think the Dems have ballots made out long before the election. They keep them in boxes hidden away. On election night they count the votes, if they do not have enough Democrat votes they count the number of pre-filled out cheating votes until they have enough to win. Then they go through the voters registration books and start crossing out the number of voter names to make up for the fake votes. I seems like it would be a real easy thing to do when you have all the crooked organization and all the equipment you need.
There is always the tinker with the voting machine method as well.
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