How ridiculous are the republicans getting over Voter ID laws?
Just two weeks ago a Rasmussen poll showed that 64 percent of Americans believe voter fraud exists. Thatpoll was a major hit with the folks at the pro–voter ID True the Vote conference held over the weekend in Houston. No less than three speakers mentioned it to the crowd of roughly 200 attendees. According to conference host and True the Vote president Catherine Engelbrecht, thirty-two states were represented here for their third national summit, but it was clear most in the room were from Texas. Many appeared to be part of one Tea Party group or another (True the Vote is the 501c3 arm of the King Street Patriots, a Texas Tea Party group), and none seemed to be aware that they were far from losing the war on voting.
And this:
The card pictured above was good enough for voters in Texas to use to elect George W. Bush governor of Texas, Kay Bailey Hutchinson to the U.S. Senate and other elected officials for decades. During the last legislative session, republicans passed a new Voter ID law requiring a photo ID in addition to this card before voters can vote, claiming there is massive voter fraud in the state. However when asked for proof of the magical voter fraud the best they could provide was 51 cases since 2002.
Everybody knows this is about state-sanctioned Voter Suppression. Republicans couldn't believe an African American was elected President of the United States of America in 2008 and they are determined to correct that mistake and make sure it doesn't happen again. They know black voter turnout was the key in 2008, and black voter turnout is the key in 2012.
How ridiculous is it to believe gun laws won't stop real gun violence, but Voter ID cards will stop imagined Voter Fraud?
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