Friday, December 9, 2011

Obama Justice Dept. Fights Constitutional Laws Cracking Down on Voter Fraud

Judicial Watch

It appears that the Obama Administration is once again utilizing the Department of Justice (DOJ) as a political tool,this time to challenge voter identification laws—like one already upheld by the Supreme Court—that Democrats claim discriminate against minorities…
Under this far-fetched discrimination theory a chunk of citizens that would normally vote Democrat couldn’t cast ballots because they can’t prove their identity.
That’s because they are either too poor or too ignorant to get a valid identification—provided free in many of the states that have passed voter ID laws—that proves they are who they say they are. This unbelievable theory has gained momentum in the last few months,with the powerful chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz) calling ID laws a “full-scale assault” on minority voters designed to “rig” elections for Republicans.
Eight states have strict laws that require a voter to provide picture identification in order to cast a ballot. All but two of the states—Georgia and Indiana—passed their measures this year and the DOJ’s bloated civil rights division has vowed to ensure that they don’t have a racially discriminatory purpose or effect. Targets of the DOJ’s discrimination probe are Kansas,Wisconsin,South Carolina,Tennessee,Texas and Mississippi.
Reiterating the administration’s “commitment to robust civil rights enforcement,” Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Thomas Perez confirmed last week that DOJ lawyers are reviewing some of the recently-enacted state laws to ensure that they are not racially discriminatory. “We have received numerous inquiries about recently enacted state laws relating to voter identification requirements,voter registration requirements and changes to early voting procedures,” Perez said,adding that “we are carefully reviewing these laws.”
In 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Indiana’s voter ID law,ruling that….
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1 comment:

  1. Colorado has had Photo ID Voter Laws FOR YEARS, and they DO work in preventing voter fraud! I've worked at our County Election Dept. for years, and NEVER has ANYONE complained about having to show a photo ID! Also, "the poor" almost always get Food Stamps and other welfare benefits, and in ALL state, a person MUST have a "photo ID" for any kind of welfare benefits---so those opposing ID laws really don't know what they're talking about! So, the Democrats' argument is MOOT, to say the least.

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