In a speech by Representative John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and longtime civil rights activist, who recently declared that voting rights were “under attack” in “a deliberate and systematic attempt to prevent millions of elderly voters, young voters, students, minority and low-income voters from exercising their constitutional right to engage in the democratic process.”
This is ugly political manipulation to the nth degree. Let’s see, in Texas if you have a social security card, a visa, confirmation of mailing address, temporary ID, marriage certificate, birth certificate, and affidavit with your name notarized… you still can’t vote. You don’t see a problem with that. BULLSHIT! This stinks and goes to the very core of our democracy. What kind of photo ID do you think they used say 1790 to, ummmm… 1930?
Why wouldn’t you have a current valid picture ID that matches your current address? ( a requirement in Texas). You might have moved, you might be a college student living away, you might have gotten remarried, you might have simply lost it, or you might not drive. Are there alternative forms of identification?… a birth certificate, a social security card, a credit card, a verification of address, a signed affidavit acknowledging your existent, signed in front of a licensed notary public, a federal tax identification number, or a paystub with your name and address. These alternative forms of ID have always been allowed in the past.
Picture ID’s didn’t start in our country until the late 1930’s. The right to vote is one of the most important franchises we have in our republic. The cheap, underhanded tactic for making it harder to vote in predominantly ethnic area’s should viewed with disdain and contempt. Voters should rally to have these draconian laws repealed. In fact in some states, this is happening. Examples, Florida, North Carolina, and yes Texas. Attorney General Eric Holder is justifiably on the warpath.
Voter discrimination isn’t anything new particularly in Southern Jim Crow states. Please read the Voting Rights Act of 1965 written to prevent discrimination among minority voters. At the time certain southern states used literacy tests and poll taxes to thwart the black vote. The picture ID requirements legislated now are just an extension of bad laws that seek to outlaw a large block of (democratic) voters.
And the laugher, are you ready for this…you join the military without a picture ID if you don’t have one, just bring your birth certificate and social security card. Folks out there… please listen to me on this. This is FUBAR BULLSHIT. You can drive a fucking tank, shoot a bazooka, even fly a jet, but you can’t VOTE in Texas if you don’t have a picture ID.
