Reply #1: This is the press conf. that was inbedded in the story...

[iwishiwas]

from earlier this month. I wonder if the DOJ has responded at all them??




House Dems Slam 'Racist,' 'Rovian' Voter ID Laws; Says DOJ Isn't Doing Enough (VIDEO)
Ryan J. Reilly | July 14, 2011, 6:00AM


The Obama Justice Department needs to do more to stop states from implementing voter ID bills which disenfranchise minority voters, a coalition of House Democrats and civil rights leaders said Wednesday.

Gathered by the steps of the Capitol, the members of Congress and civil rights advocates slammed what they called a coordinated plan by Republicans to prevent students, minorities and the elderly from exercising their right to vote. They dismissed a frequent argument made by supporters of voter ID laws -- that since photo identification is required for plenty of everyday activities, it should be required at the polls as well.

"You wanna know something? Getting a video from Blockbuster is not a constitutional right. Getting liquor from the liquor store is not a constitutional right," said Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI).

States coming up with these voter ID laws at the same time "was not spontaneous generation," Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) said. ................................

............Indeed, evidence emerged on Wednesday that the conservative state legislative group ALEC had circulated draft legislation for conservative state lawmakers to propose to impose restrictive photo voter ID requirements................



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