Hypocrisy on voter ID cards abounds

NEW YORK -- A bunch of racists in South Carolina is trying to hold down blacks by forcing them, and everybody else, to show photo identification befor... ... As Democratic National Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz explained: Photo-ID advocates "want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws and literally -- and very transparently -- block access to the polls to voters who are more likely to vote Democratic." The horror! Holder should start by cleaning ...

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Texas attorney general demands enforcement of voter ID law for

Despite the Supreme Court's 2008 decision finding that state photo identification laws are constitutional, the DOJ recently refused to preclear South Carolina's voter identification law in December 2011. Consequently, in an ...South Carolina responds in court on voter ID law. Feb-07-2012 22 0. The state of South Carolina told a federal court in the nation's capital Tuesday it has a right to require voters to present a photo ID at the polls, despite ...South Carolina responds in court on voter ID law. Feb-07-2012 26 0. The state of South Carolina told a federal court in the nation's capital Tuesday it has a right to require voters to present a photo ID at the polls, despite ...The most consequential election in our lifetime is still 10 months away, but it's clear from the Obama administration's order halting South Carolina's new photo ID law that the Democrats already have brought a gun to a knife fight. ... was a good Act – not unconstitutional like many other passed Acts) which authorized the U.S. attorney general or a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to review changes to voting procedures or redistricting ...In 2008, the Supreme Court upheld a voter-identification law in Indiana, saying that requiring voters to produce photo identification is not unconstitutional and affirming that states have a "valid interest" in improving election procedures and deterring fraud. Four years later, 31 ... The Justice Department is now involved , and the courts are soon to follow due to the growing number of lawsuits challenging these laws. As the battle ...

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Obama Administration Encourages Phantom Voting in South

Friday's decision by the Obama Justice Department to strike down South Carolina's voter ID law should surprise no one who has been following Attorney General Eric Holder's idea of justice. The South Carolina law is similar to laws ... The response from South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson was swift and the to the point saying, “Nothing in this act stops people from voting.” He vowed to fight the Justice Department ruling in court. South Carolina Governor Nikki ...Haley also has fueled sentiment against the federal government. She has described the decision to block the voter ID law as part of "the continued war on South Carolina" and has vowed to fight the federal government in court ...Black voters and civil liberties advocates received an early Christmas present Friday when the Justice Department rejected South Carolina's controversial voter identification law, calling it discriminatory. The decision will likely ...

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States voter ID measure blocked The Post and Courier

... need a picture ID to vote after all. That is unless the state can figure out a way to change the mind of an assistant U.S. attorney general or persuade a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that South Carolina's new voter ID law does not discriminate against minorities. ... The state can ask the Justice Department to reconsider, respond to the concerns it outlined in Friday's letter or take the matter to U.S. District Court in Washington. South Carolina needs permission from ...

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