NAACP Protests Racist Voter ID Laws

[cwolff]

What raiders team and mikey mouse? Can you verify these claims because everything I'm reading is saying that although there were some sensational headlines, they came to nothing when investigated.

[cwolff]

I'll help you out on the Mickey Mouse story. It's a great example of the system working.

Then there's Mickey Mouse, the cartoon face of the Disney empire, and apparently a Florida registered voter. (Take that, California!)

It turns out Mickey did fill out a voter registration application in Orange County ahead of the 2008 presidential election. Mickey checked the box indicating that he was updating his voter registration information and was changing his name.

According to the application, Mickey appears to have listed a birth date of Jan. 15, 2002, the address of "15 Ave 17 0922" in Orlando, and a zip code, 56812, that isn't on file with the United States Postal Service.

The phone number -- with a 407 area code -- was disconnected when we called on April 22.

Mickey's Social Security number started 123.

Orange County elections officials rejected his application, which was stamped with ACORN's label.

So Mickey was never officially registered to vote.

[Atlanteax]

ACORN strikes again!

[Methais]

Take a look at the actual number of cases of voter fraud from any election cycle. No that there should be any... but it's surprisingly low.

Not getting caught and not happening at all are two different things.

Do you seriously believe that voter ID laws are based in racism?

[Back]

Not getting caught and not happening at all are two different things.

Do you seriously believe that voter ID laws are based in racism?

So basically what you are saying is you are going to believe what you want despite the facts presented to you?

Voter ID laws affect low income citizens some of which happen to be black.

[Kembal]

The issue is photo ID, specifically. Every voter (except in North Dakota*) gets a voter registration card now that's mailed to them. There's just no photo attached to it.

In any case, the obvious reason that voter ID isn't really meant to combat voter fraud: nothing's been done to secure absentee ballots, which have a much higher incidence of voter fraud than in-person voting. Why is nothing being done to combat absentee voter fraud? Because absentee voters are more likely to vote Republican.

*North Dakota does not have a separate voter registration process. The primary ID used there for identification is driver's license though, so it's a non-issue.

[Parkbandit]

Voter ID laws affect low income citizens some of which happen to be black.

Well they aren't allowed at this protest!

[cwolff]

They're not based on racist principles per se, their effect is to disenfranchize minorities. The worst part about these laws are that they are completely unnecessary and will not benefit our elections. It's strictly a partisan plan, created by right wing think tanks to suppress votes from people that are inclined to vote democrat. It's the anti-thesis of what this country's supposed to be about.

[cwolff]

The issue is photo ID, specifically. Every voter (except in North Dakota*) gets a voter registration card now that's mailed to them. There's just no photo attached to it.

In any case, the obvious reason that voter ID isn't really meant to combat voter fraud: nothing's been done to secure absentee ballots, which have a much higher incidence of voter fraud than in-person voting. Why is nothing being done to combat absentee voter fraud? Because absentee voters are more likely to vote Republican.

*North Dakota does not have a separate voter registration process. The primary ID used there for identification is driver's license though, so it's a non-issue.

This is an important point. We have to eliminate absentee ballots if we are really concerned about this type of fraud.

[Gelston]

This is an important point. We have to eliminate absentee ballots if we are really concerned about this type of fraud.

Yeah. Fuck all the deployed members of the military.