Where did I say access in reference to drivers licenses? I specifically said passports or other forms of govern. id. (I'm sure snarky Scott will call me racist again;))

So now you have to get a drivers license or go to school to get an ID to vote? Did your son just walked in empty handed and was able to leave with a ID?

Even in a state where they give you free Ids, some people don't have the $ to get a copy of their birth certificate.

Are you kidding me Paul, I quoted you in my post where you specifically said they don't drive so they don't need a license.
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My son walked in with his social security card....how much do those cost?
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.....maybe the Democrats can include a free copy of your birth certificate in with all the other freebies. :hihi:
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the horror :eek:



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I'm sure Rev. Wright will pony up the buck for the state ID and bus ride to the RMV

poor arguement

And the sentence you quoted did not say they had less "access" to drivers licenses.

So I can just walk in emptyhanded and walk out with a SS card? Didn't know I could do that.

A lawsuit filed against Alabama in early December 2015 cites the example of a high schooler who can’t vote because she lacks a driver’s license. According to the suit, she needs to get a state issued voter ID at the DMV, but the one nearest to her is only open one day per month and there’s no public transportation to another DMV 40 miles away roundtrip.


During closing arguments in a 2012 case over Texas’s voter ID law, a lawyer for the state brushed aside geographical obstacles as the “reality to life of choosing to live in that part of Texas.”

In a now-infamous remark, Mike Turzai, majority leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, praised the state’s legislative accomplishments — including passing a voter ID law — at a 2012 Republican State Committee meeting.
“Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done,” he said.



Reverend Wright, EBD cards - this thread is funny.

You asked me if voter fraud was rampant, and I gave you the honest answer.

Now it's my turn...are you suggesting that a large number of Americans, who will take the time to vote, can't do so because they don't have the $$ to get a copy of their birth certificate?

In all seriousness, how do these people establish their identity for the purposes of getting whatever welfare they must be on? Or to cash those assistance checks?

I think it is bc they don't have $ like you and I have and live paycheck to paycheck. Why use a payday lendor if you have a bank acct.

"one nearest to her is only open one day per month and there’s no public transportation to another DMV 40 miles away roundtrip"

THAT'S NOT RACIST! Because if a white person lives next door, they are in the same exact boat. That burden is not a function of race, it has nohting to do with race. Those people need to address that with their state.

"a lawyer for the state brushed aside geographical obstacles "

We need to address that. Again, it has exactly nothing to do with race. Race doesn't determine who lives out in the woods...

Paul, you want to argue that it's less convenient for some folks than others to get that ID card, I concede that. But the addiitonal burdens are not a function of one's race.

And if one chooses to live far away from society, that person is absolutely agreeing to accept the consequences of that choice, and not all of the consequences are necessarily pleasant.

"Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done,” he said."

Again, you are quoting someone who is merely stating he agrees with you. Many times, I asked for the "why", not the "who agrees with you".

You got creamed here. You can't begin to justify the argument that race dictates how convenient/burdensome it is for one to get a photo id.

I'm getting a headache and a sore thumb....

You need to actually reread what you posted.
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I don't know what a payday lendor is. A place to cash a check? Don't you need some kind of id to do that?

That is NOT what I said....I said he walked IN with his social security card and walked OUT with his ID


pretty much everybody that is eligible to vote....should have a valid SSN, correct

YOu said "My son walked in with his social security card....how much do those cost?"

And I replied "So I can just walk in emptyhanded and walk out with a SS card? Didn't know I could do that."

So I didn't change or misinterpret anything. I was asking a question. Did your son walk in emptyhanded to the SS office or did he go in with a birth certificate?

I think some people don't have SS #s. Don't know how they get by but that is what I have heard.

Just as you don't know, I don't know what they requre. The point is people live off the grid or live differently from you and I. A lot of people don't have bank accts., make so little $ they might not file taxes, etc.

If they live off the grid...then why should they vote?

And living off the grid has nothing to do with being a minority

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We did the responsible thing.....we got it for him when he was born
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I guess we can change the Constituion to prevent them from voting. Right?

" A lot of people don't have bank accts"

Then in order to cash checks, they need an id. Never heard of a place that cashes checks without an id.

"The point is people live off the grid "

True. And here in CT, every single one of those people (at least until recently, maybe it changed?), has to get to their town hall to register to vote. If they can do that, maybe they can get an id.

Paul, what if those people show up to vote, to find out that someone else voted in their name? Are they better served that way? It's designed to protect the integrity of the process. At least in theory. If, in practice, people of one demographic are more turned off by voting requirements that apply to us all - that's their choice.

And you keep quoting that guy who said that voter ids woul dgive PA to Romney? Well, Romney didn't win PA in 2012. So maybe that guy isn't as credible as a source on these things, as you think he is.

There are hoops that we all have to jump through, in order to vote. The hoops are not based on race, despite your claims to the contrary. Nothiing you have said, substantiates your claim that it's harder for blacks to get a photo id (other than a driver's license). It will be harder for people who live far away...that's not based on race, that's based on where one chooses to live.

Maybe they should provide proof that they are covered by the constitution?

How could they do that? Hmmmm
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Pls. point out where I said it was racist? It affects minorities more (who vote Democratic more). I think Tysdad was the person who mentioned racism 1st and then Cool Beans made an assinine comment (but he hasn't come back to follow up so I'm a little unsure what he meant).

It is nothing more than an attempt to lower voting by groups that vote more for Dems. There is no fraud so there is no reason to do it.

Why disenfranchise so many voters if as you agree there is so little fraud?

Exactly...
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You never said it was racist.....but you most certainly through the minority card around.

Jims point is that the minority thing has nothing to do with it...which it doesn't....

But it sure does seem like people like to throw the minority card around lately

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And it looks like the straw man racist card gets thrown around a lot here and quickly.

Scotts not wrong.....and tysdad was just being a wise ass
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"Pls. point out where I said it was racist?"

Are you serious? You posted this..."minorities don't have as much access to other legally forms such as Passports, military IDs or other government-issued photo ID"

Your were saying that Republicans favor voter id laws, because that will suppress black turnout, because of the reduced acceess you claim (falsely, and without even trying to support it) minorities have to these ids.

If you lose an argument, better to admit that you lost it, than to deny you made it in the first place.

"It affects minorities more (who vote Democratic more)."

That's a choice on their part, a choice not to bear the burden placed on all voters. It's not because of institutional bias.

"There is no fraud "

None? How many examples would you like us to post of voter fraud? It's not rampant, but of course it exists.

"Why disenfranchise so many voters if as you agree there is so little fraud"

(1) What fraud? Didn't you say in your previous sentence, "there is no fraud"? And now all of a sudden, there is a little fraud? Which is it? (2) To answer your question, we do this because we can reduce the fraud even more. Less fraud is good, isn't it? It will only disenfranchise people if they choose to let it disenfranchise them. It doesn't prevent anyone from voting.

Wow.

soft bigotry of low expectations.....

Of course there is fraud - it is so small to be meaningless. If you want to base your whole arguement on the little/no fraud statement go ahead. You'll just look petty. And of course less fraud is good but when 0,000s of 0,000s of people don't get to vote bc you are trying to reduce the minimal (almost non existent) fraud, the costs outway the benefits.


The fact is Repubs. will do anything they can to prevent people from voting whether by Id laws, shortening polling times, refusing to allow people to automatically be registered to vote when they get drivers licenses (and you can comment on that if you want) or any other innovative way to vote. And that is Pathetic.

You can't make that wrong.