Atlanta Journal Constitution: Minority voter turnout INCREASES after Georgia voter ID law

[theworldismine13]

The Voter ID suppression was just a deterrent. It can get worse though.

It's only a deterrent if you are stupid enough to let it deter you and if you think black people are that stupid or so dis attached that they don't have IDs

 

[GMOGMediaTV]

It's only a deterrent if you are stupid enough to let it deter you and if you think black people are that stupid or so dis attached that they don't have IDs

Lawmakers do what they can to put hurdles in place ever since the Voting Rights Act was removed.

So in essence i agree, it is only effective if you let it effect you.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Lawmakers do what they can to put hurdles in place ever since the Voting Rights Act was removed.

So in essence i agree, it is only effective if you let it effect you.

The VRA wasn't removed. The DOJ preclearance requirements for those certain states and municipalities that had an established history of black vote suppression when it was implemented was struck down. The DOJ can still intervene and sue at their discretion if they see discriminatory voting laws going on. It's just after they are passed now in those certain states and municipalities, just like everywhere else as opposed to mandatory review before any voting changes are made (preclearance). The SCOTUS ruling stated that the states and municipalities that fall under the preclearance requirement is based on outdated info, and left it open for Congress to create a new preclearance policy.

Poll taxes, literacy tests, property requirements, personality tests and all the fukkery they used to suppress the black vote back in the days is still illegal.

They're trying desperate shyt like voter ID laws and shortening voter hours but so far, it's backfired. Trying to suppress the black vote in such a brazen and transparent way only makes people more determined to vote. You saw the voting lines in Dade county in 2012.

 

[DEAD7]

Apparently I'm completely ignorant to whats going on here... how exactly is it harder for blacks to get I.D.'s than whites?

Seriously, I don't get it.

I thought this was just a media spin, but you guys make it sound like this is a for real "f*ck minorities" move

 

[GMOGMediaTV]

The VRA wasn't removed. The DOJ preclearance requirements for those certain states and municipalities that had an established history of black vote suppression when it was implemented was struck down. The DOJ can still intervene and sue at their discretion if they see discriminatory voting laws going on. It's just after they are passed now in those certain states and municipalities, just like everywhere else as opposed to mandatory review before any voting changes are made (preclearance). The SCOTUS ruling stated that the states and municipalities that fall under the preclearance requirement is based on outdated info, and left it open for Congress to create a new preclearance policy.

Poll taxes, literacy tests, property requirements, personality tests and all the fukkery they used to suppress the black vote back in the days is still illegal.

They're trying desperate shyt like voter ID laws and shortening voter hours but so far, it's backfired. Trying to suppress the black vote in such a brazen and transparent way only makes people more determined to vote. You saw the voting lines in Dade county in 2008.

Yea just read the article on huffingtonpost.com Spoke too soon, I assumed they were going forward with the decsion remove the VRA in its entirety.

If they want to base there claim of changing the preclearance because of outdated info. They need to look in the mirror with many other federal laws that are outdated.

Yea Dade county in 2012 was a beast even with county legislation voting.