Reply to I'm a democrat/republican, but really disagree with my party's stance on...

Forum Index » Political Discussion

Reply to "I'm a democrat/republican, but really disagree with my party's stance on..."

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i apologize for the mistake.

i for some reason thought that multiple states were trying to impose voter ID laws. i was unaware that the whole debate centered around virginia's law.

carry on.[/quote]

PP here, no mistake made.  I was just relaying my recent experience voting last week in Fairfax, and yes, we're just one of 50 states, so I can't speak for other states.  So I look forward to other states and the criminal voter suppression being invoked to be the next topic of discussion to over-complicate a rather basic subject.[/quote]

NP here. I'll happily bring up an example from another state to "over-complicate" this subject. The problem isn't just getting transportation to the DMV or paying for an ID. The problem is having the paperwork to actually get the ID, as another PP alluded to.

Many older, rural, poorer blacks in the South were born at home and either don't have birth certificates or have mistakes on their certificates. As we become increasingly computerized and increasingly stringent in the laws, that becomes a problem. It even becomes a problem if your IDs don't exactly match -- for example, one says John Smith and another says John Q. Smith, which can be a problem for anyone.

This article explains better: http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20110719/PC1602/307199923

And before you brush this off as a problem in stupid, backwards South Carolina -- these laws have a way of migrating around the country.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics