Jeb Bush Opposes Reauthorizing The Voting Rights Act 'As Is'

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Huffington Post

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) said Thursday that he opposes reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act, the landmark civil rights law whose protections the Supreme Court watered down in 2013.

"There's been dramatic improvement in access to voting. I mean exponentially better improvement," the presidential candidate said in Iowa. "And I don't think there's a role for the federal government to play in most places, there could be some, but in most places where they did have a constructive role in the '60s. So I don't support reauthorizing it as is."

In a 5-4 decision two years ago, a conservative majority of justices struck down a key provision of the 1965 law that designated which parts of the country must have changes to their voting laws cleared by the federal government. This stipulation applied widely to states in the South, where changes to voting laws have historically worked to keep low-income and minority voters away from the polls. The court, however, wrote "things have changed in the South.". . .

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeb-bush-voting-rights-act_56167d1ce4b0e66ad4c69e1c

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Sure, Jeb, that's why we see all the voter ID laws targeting minorities and seniors as in, say, Alabama (no history of voting rights discrimination there, right?).

http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/voting-rights-still-at-risk-alabama-proves-need-for-law-1.1954476

[gregcrawford]

1. Does Mr. Potato Head kiss his kids with that lying mouth? Gross...

[roguevalley]

2. I think he would be for it if they took out POC, women and poor people out

of its reach.

[SoapBox]

3. More Bush lies.

An improvement? Such bullshit.

[avebury]

4. I am so fed up with delusional Republican/Tea Party people.

They have to be deaf, dumb and blind to now notice that there is a flat out war on anybody that they think or know who won't vote their party line.

[hibbing]

5. Maybe this will help in the polls

He needs to be more blatantly racist to catch up to the trump.

Peace

[The Second Stone]

6. I do not accept any of the spawn of Barbara Pierce Bush as they are now

because they are without morals, conscience or heart.

[Punkingal]

7. He is a bigger POS than W....

And that's saying something!!! He shouldn't open his sorry mouth about voting rights after stealing Florida for his brother.

[Fast Walker 52]

9. Don't know about bigger but he's a freaking massive POS! Arrgghh!

[jfern]

8. His racist scrub list stole the election for his brother

88% of those who were prevented from voting because they were on Jeb's scrub list were black.

[d_legendary1]

10. I still remember Katherine Harris asshole!

And I remember the cage voting that occurred here that gave your dumbass brother the presidency! You're the last person who should talk about voting right cuz frankly you took it away from AA Floridians!

I wish this was a middle finger!

[radicalliberal]

11. The Southern strategy continues.

Incidentally, Justice Clarence Thomas is also opposed to what is left of the Voting Rights Act. He was appointed by guess who? Jeb's father, that's who!

The cause of civil rights is being betrayed as we speak. Well, actually, the betrayal has been in the making for a long time.

[Grimelle]

12. What a major buffoon

Jebya is a joke!

[davidpdx]

13. Bush supports the whites only voting right's act

He's scum.

[Aristus]

14. "First, take out everything that allows black people to vote, and then, yeah,

we're cool. Call the vote."

Fucknozzle Bush...