NAACP Protests Racist Voter ID Laws

[Methais]

Exactly right. They can't be verified with photo identification so who knows what's going on with those ballots. If someone is interested in defending the integrity of our elections from personal fraud, they better start with the absentee/mail ins.

Of course, no one is actually interested in this to protect us from fraud. They just want to make it more difficult to vote.

Don't worry, democrats do everything they can to not count absentee military votes anyway, since they tend to vote more republican than democrat.

I think it's more instructive to look at why you have responded the way you have.

Because...the left is playing the race card like always.

Need ID to vote? Racist.

Need ID to protest needing ID to vote? Not racist.

Honorable mention: Don't want Trader Joe's to open a store in your black neighborhood because it would attract white people? Not racist.

[Methais]

Even though it's futile I will sum up my argument again for you: EVERYONE WHO VOTES IS IDENTIFIED IN SOME MANNER. THIS IS WHY WE DO NOT HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE VOTING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. OUR SYSTEM OF CHECKING VOTERS AGAINST THE VOTER ROLLS IS WORKING AND IT'S WORKING FANTASTICALLY WELL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX6E2Ucv7S8

As soon as a republican wins, cwolff will stop thinking that it's working fantastically well.

[waywardgs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX6E2Ucv7S8

As soon as a republican wins, cwolff will stop thinking that it's working fantastically well.

haha...

So what you're saying is that you believe everything black people tell you?

But really... the guy meant he came back to the polling station a couple times because the lines were too long.

And as to your point about Mickey Mouse... Why are you trying to disenfranchise Mickey Mouse? He's fucking Mickey Mouse, man. He deserves a say just like the rest of us.

[Methais]

Here's another fun story. You know that crying wolf on racism has gone too far when even the NAACP comes out and says to stfu with the race card.

Controversial Black History Month Lunch Menu Prompts Concord School to Apologize

CBS SF Bay Area, February 6, 2014

Officials at an East Bay private school are apologizing after a controversial lunch menu option to celebrate Black History Month.

Students at Carondelet High School for Girls in Concord wanted to come up with ways to observe the occasion during a lunchtime celebration Friday. But when the school announced a menu of fried chicken, cornbread and watermelon, other students and parents became offended.

{snip}

School officials held an assembly on campus Wednesday to discuss the issue and also sent a letter apologizing to parents.

Principal Nancy Libby wrote that the items were taken off the menu and that the school doesn’t perpetuate racial stereotypes.

Libby also wrote the school will hold a diversity assembly for students and faculty.

{snip}

While many students felt bad about the announcement, some said our society is too sensitive.

“I understand like how it would offend people. But we’re just doing something to celebrate, not bring it down,” said Morgan Hartford, a junior at the school.

Gabby Simones, a junior at the school who is Latina said, “On Cinco de Mayo we would have probably had enchiladas, rice and beans.”

Robert Jackson, a teacher at Acts Christian Academy said offering fried chicken, cornbread and watermelon is different, because the food goes back to the history of slavery. {snip}

Elizabeth Williams of the Contra Costa County Equal Opportunity Commission and a member of the NAACP had a different view. “What is the big deal?” Williams said. “Historically and even now, we like our chicken and I’m not going to stop eating my fried chicken, nor my cornbread, nor my watermelon.”

“Let’s move on. Let’s be more progressive. Let’s not be so insulted about something so minute,” Williams said.

http://www.amren.com/news/2014/02/co...-to-apologize/

If they serve anything resembling pasta during fictional Italian history month, I plan on being offended as fuck because it's the cool thing to do.

[cwolff]

As soon as a republican wins, cwolff will stop thinking that it's working fantastically well.

Methais has provided us a great synopsis of the problem. He and his party think that voting rights are just another political tool to be used to win elections. Right or wrong makes no difference and doesn't enter the equation. The only thing that matters is how to win. This is why we all should fight this. It's not a partisan issue, at least it shouldn't be.

[Jarvan]

We already are preventing voter fraud before it happens. The I.D.'s required under these new laws will do nothing to add integrity to our system.

Here's a study that's been done on the topic. http://brennan.3cdn.net/c176576c0065..._gxm6ib0hl.pdf

This is what the author concludes:



These voter I.D. laws are an idea from the ALEC which is a conservative think tank/lobbying group. They also brought us the castle and stand your ground laws. In 2012 they disbanded their task force which dealt with these initiatives because they were losing gobs of money from large corporations who didn't want anything to do with this stuff.

So your citing a paper written by a Liberal as a reason why a paper written by a conservative is invalid? Good job there. I am CERTAIN his paper is TOTALLY unbiased.

Honestly, I would much rather have fingerprint id then photo id myself. Or computers are nearly at the point where each voting district can have a preloaded database of all the people legally allowed to vote there. Person shows up, they scan his thumbprint via digital pad, it checks out, they are allowed to vote.

Now.. if a fingerprint is an undue burden.. fuck off. As for mail in ones, ok... those get a fingerprint too. Hell, the mail in ones are never even counted anyway unless the election is super close. Would also solve the Military ones as well. They would put their finger prints on the form as well. Issue Fixed.

Hell, if it's good enough for Iraq, it's good enough for us.

[Wrathbringer]

Methais has provided us a great synopsis of the problem. He and his party think that voting rights are just another political tool to be used to win elections. Right or wrong makes no difference and doesn't enter the equation. The only thing that matters is how to win. This is why we all should fight this. It's not a partisan issue, at least it shouldn't be.

Excellent example of you and your party using this as just another political tool to be used to win elections.

[Jarvan]

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.

So... you are saying that they CATCH every case of voter fraud? I'd say 99% of the time they don't even bother or know it happens.

LOL

[cwolff]

So your citing a paper written by a Liberal as a reason why a paper written by a conservative is invalid? Good job there. I am CERTAIN his paper is TOTALLY unbiased.

Read it and find out for yourself. It's better than just letting the Blaze and Fox tell you what you're supposed to be upset about.

Honestly, I would much rather have fingerprint id then photo id myself. Or computers are nearly at the point where each voting district can have a preloaded database of all the people legally allowed to vote there. Person shows up, they scan his thumbprint via digital pad, it checks out, they are allowed to vote.

Now.. if a fingerprint is an undue burden.. fuck off. As for mail in ones, ok... those get a fingerprint too. Hell, the mail in ones are never even counted anyway unless the election is super close. Would also solve the Military ones as well. They would put their finger prints on the form as well. Issue Fixed.

Hell, if it's good enough for Iraq, it's good enough for us.

Great idea. Let's spend all that money to fix a non existent problem. GO BIG GOVERNMENT! Maybe we could all get chipped too.

[Jarvan]

So what would you do to verify absentee ballots?

Thumb print verification. Frankly, I think we should do away with absentee ballots period.

My mom's Aunt is in a retirement home. The nurse "helped" her fill out the ballot. She had them tear it up because the nurse "accidentally" marked Obama over Romney. But.. Cwolff thinks our system is perfectly fine as is.