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Wed Oct-05-11 11:38 AM
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yeah it shouldn't matter.... law goes after all races, but it hits blacks the most  |
| -96-year-old Chattanooga resident denied voting ID |
d_r |
Oct-05-11 08:19 AM |
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Disgusting |
cyberswede |
Oct-05-11 08:31 AM |
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My mom was denied a photo id in North Carolina because her social security card was laminated. |
yardwork |
Oct-05-11 08:32 AM |
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don't social security cards |
melm00se |
Oct-05-11 08:55 AM |
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I'm 59 and my original SSI card was laminated |
lark |
Oct-05-11 01:50 PM |
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Your card wasn't laminated by SSA. |
Gormy Cuss |
Oct-05-11 10:24 PM |
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My original card issued in the fifties was laminated by the people that issued it to me. |
Bandit |
Oct-06-11 10:08 AM |
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It's not illegal to laminate them. |
Gormy Cuss |
Oct-06-11 07:02 PM |
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They also say Not to be Used as Identification.. |
Bandit |
Oct-05-11 03:07 PM |
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Thank you, Bandit. |
Paka |
Oct-05-11 07:10 PM |
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Gee, my card says |
Kelvin Mace |
Oct-05-11 03:42 PM |
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some have it, some don't |
eyeofdelphi |
Oct-05-11 08:50 PM |
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if they weren't made out of recycled toilet paper, people wouldn't want to laminate them. |
dogmoma56 |
Oct-06-11 06:30 AM |
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Are you the laminating police. |
kickysnana |
Oct-06-11 07:42 AM |
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no, all I did was ask a question |
melm00se |
Oct-06-11 07:59 AM |
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when you apply for a replacement SS card, they will give you a printout varifying your name and SSN |
mysuzuki2 |
Oct-05-11 09:14 AM |
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unreal. |
barbtries |
Oct-05-11 09:19 AM |
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Get used to it. eric "Sleepy" Holder doesn't seem to want to intervene |
Doctor_J |
Oct-05-11 08:34 AM |
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Please elaborate |
Kolesar |
Oct-05-11 08:39 AM |
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It is within the brief of the Attorney General to enforce things like the Voting Rights Act... |
Tesha |
Oct-05-11 08:43 AM |
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+1 non-enforcement of the Voting Rights Act will be Obama's undoing |
KeepItReal |
Oct-05-11 08:56 AM |
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Holder's not to blame, it's all the Dems who went before him... |
Xtraneous |
Oct-05-11 11:59 AM |
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It is currently the duty of Holder, the first non Bush AG since the |
Bluenorthwest |
Oct-05-11 02:04 PM |
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Holder has the watch and is making the decisions |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 02:17 PM |
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Can you think of any reason why they might choose to ignore the situation? |
emcguffie |
Oct-05-11 02:44 PM |
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Good cop (dems) bad cop (reps) |
Xtraneous |
Oct-05-11 09:03 PM |
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So there are no Dems who are honestly Dems? |
emcguffie |
Oct-07-11 02:48 PM |
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Holder is well named. |
MedicalAdmin |
Oct-05-11 03:58 PM |
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hmph... |
chervilant |
Oct-05-11 10:24 PM |
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It would be monumentally stupid of him to even try |
Major Nikon |
Oct-05-11 12:33 PM |
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Good. Thanks for the clarifying facts. |
elleng |
Oct-05-11 01:14 PM |
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The concept was approved, not all implementations |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 01:28 PM |
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The case said that voters did not need an ID if they signed an affidavit |
plumbob |
Oct-05-11 02:13 PM |
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I seriously doubt the issue was adjudicated properly. |
LiberalFighter |
Oct-05-11 06:02 PM |
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The voter ID laws are straw men |
Xtraneous |
Oct-05-11 09:10 PM |
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He is too busy dodging the fallout of the gun running he approved |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 09:23 AM |
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And tracking down the most dangerous subculture in the US |
Doctor_J |
Oct-05-11 09:43 AM |
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Thread hijack |
Kolesar |
Oct-05-11 02:11 PM |
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Squawk 7500 |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 02:26 PM |
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Voting laws are regulated by states |
loyalsister |
Oct-05-11 03:24 PM |
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Come the revolution, |
MedicalAdmin |
Oct-05-11 03:57 PM |
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And people don't understand what the big deal is. |
No Elephants |
Oct-05-11 08:41 AM |
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The issue and maintenance of birth records has been |
TheDebbieDee |
Oct-05-11 12:09 PM |
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It's always been ridiculously difficult to get a birth certificate in Kansas |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-05-11 06:59 PM |
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Why doesn't she vote on an absentee ballot and give it to someone reliable to turn in for her? |
judesedit |
Oct-05-11 08:42 AM |
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You still have to be registered to vote absentee. |
enlightenment |
Oct-05-11 08:52 AM |
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At least in Wisconsin, that wouldn't help her |
dragonlady |
Oct-05-11 09:20 AM |
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Follow the link. Look at the photo. |
Pab Sungenis |
Oct-05-11 08:44 AM |
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This is infuriating. She's disenfranchised again. |
Faygo Kid |
Oct-05-11 08:52 AM |
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"Occupy" protestors all over the country "ain't nuttin," though, so cheer up! |
No Elephants |
Oct-05-11 09:32 AM |
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I am sure her skin color had nuuthing to do with it... |
nadinbrzezinski |
Oct-05-11 08:54 AM |
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State bureaucracy |
libinnyandia |
Oct-05-11 08:55 AM |
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Powerful Caucasians |
Tsiyu |
Oct-05-11 09:04 AM |
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Registering to vote while Black? |
L. Coyote |
Oct-05-11 09:17 AM |
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True only if a white person with similar docs would have been allowed to register |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 10:11 AM |
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Sorry, gotta call bullshit on that one, 'professor' |
Major Nikon |
Oct-05-11 12:53 PM |
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I got call bullshit on the premptive assumption of this being a racial issue |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 01:16 PM |
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You are right as usual, 'professor' |
Major Nikon |
Oct-05-11 01:33 PM |
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Indeed |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 01:48 PM |
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Once again, professor, you are trying to make this a case of individual racism |
Major Nikon |
Oct-05-11 03:29 PM |
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is there anything funnier than a sock war at DU? |
Capn Sunshine |
Oct-05-11 05:29 PM |
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I wouldn't consider this to be necesarilly a racial issue, but note the demographic composition. |
Old and In the Way |
Oct-05-11 02:08 PM |
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No doubt at a macro level its vote suppresion |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 02:15 PM |
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No doubt also at group level the effect of voter suppression is racially biased. |
L. Coyote |
Oct-05-11 04:00 PM |
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Might want to read the story again |
RantinRavin |
Oct-05-11 02:16 PM |
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Might want to read a history of the Sixties. |
L. Coyote |
Oct-05-11 04:02 PM |
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Name removed |
Oct-05-11 07:18 PM |
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Call the ACLU! |
barbtries |
Oct-05-11 09:18 AM |
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Soon it could be all of us... |
AsahinaKimi |
Oct-05-11 09:18 AM |
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but she is eligible. |
barbtries |
Oct-05-11 09:21 AM |
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She doesn't deserve to vote because _____. Please fill in the blank |
think |
Oct-05-11 09:21 AM |
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She's not a 1%er or moran supporter of the 1%ers. That's the truth! nt |
valerief |
Oct-05-11 09:30 AM |
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People who deny people their rights in this manner are savage, hideous beings |
Kurovski |
Oct-05-11 09:45 AM |
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And so it begins. |
SpankMe |
Oct-05-11 10:11 AM |
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You are so right. |
xxqqqzme |
Oct-05-11 11:15 AM |
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Kicked and recommended. |
Uncle Joe |
Oct-05-11 10:54 AM |
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If she is/was married, there should be SOME way for her to get a copy of her marriage |
kestrel91316 |
Oct-05-11 10:59 AM |
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Except this is one more step WOMEN have to go through that men do not. |
AllyCat |
Oct-05-11 12:27 PM |
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It is also a choice |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 01:20 PM |
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When a 96 year old woman got married, that 'choice' might have |
Bluenorthwest |
Oct-05-11 02:07 PM |
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Actually I know of exceptions from the period... |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 02:14 PM |
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Uh uh. No way. We have a society in which that is the norm. |
AllyCat |
Oct-06-11 12:22 AM |
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When does this become a chargeable offense? |
Blacksheep214 |
Oct-05-11 11:22 AM |
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Elder abuse, targeted racism, voter suppression |
Zambero |
Oct-05-11 11:24 AM |
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She's one of 5MM that Republicans plan to disenfranchise in 2012. |
Old and In the Way |
Oct-05-11 11:24 AM |
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You're right, and we have to get to the States! All part of rover's plans. |
elleng |
Oct-05-11 01:17 PM |
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racism here?? |
PatrynXX |
Oct-05-11 11:38 AM |
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My first thought too. |
tblue |
Oct-05-11 01:31 PM |
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A lot of the comments are disgusting |
booley |
Oct-05-11 11:46 AM |
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the article didn't say why she didn't have her marriage license |
MrsBrady |
Oct-05-11 11:47 AM |
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And if she was married under the Common Law, how do you get something that does NOT exist? |
happyslug |
Oct-05-11 01:51 PM |
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right, but per the article, we don't know |
MrsBrady |
Oct-05-11 03:12 PM |
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my mother is 90, they made a spelling error on her birth certificate..crossed it out. she cant vote |
dogmoma56 |
Oct-06-11 06:26 AM |
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check out this link from Indiana in '08 |
LittleGirl |
Oct-05-11 11:47 AM |
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I wouldn't be so quick to rule out DMV incompetence and belligerence. |
Flatulo |
Oct-05-11 12:12 PM |
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We had similar issues with the MVA |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 01:18 PM |
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It makes one wonder what on earth people who lose everything |
Flatulo |
Oct-05-11 02:37 PM |
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If I was a man and my name was "Cooper" I'd ask Ms. Cooper |
EmeraldCityGrl |
Oct-05-11 12:17 PM |
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And people want to know why folks don't vote. And why they are marching in the streets |
AllyCat |
Oct-05-11 12:19 PM |
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K&R |
patrice |
Oct-05-11 12:56 PM |
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This is how we roll. (Republicans) |
Enthusiast |
Oct-05-11 01:02 PM |
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DOJ needs to hire |
KT2000 |
Oct-05-11 01:19 PM |
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I believe SCOTUS let voter id laws stand a while back |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 01:24 PM |
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That is freaking BULLCRAP! |
tblue |
Oct-05-11 01:30 PM |
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An interesting generational angle on this |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 01:57 PM |
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Oct-05-11 02:20 PM |
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Not so quickly there. |
RedCloud |
Oct-05-11 02:28 PM |
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Did they all have a jar of Grey Poupon as well? |
U4ikLefty |
Oct-05-11 02:43 PM |
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Its who I have access to... |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 02:58 PM |
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I'm quite aware of the makeup of tech students as I am an engineer myself. |
U4ikLefty |
Oct-06-11 09:49 PM |
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Fucking stupid yuppies in training. There's no excuse for that level of ignorance at college level. |
saras |
Oct-05-11 04:41 PM |
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They are upper division at UC |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 07:27 PM |
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Works as designed |
Gman |
Oct-05-11 02:32 PM |
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Your papers please |
Xicano |
Oct-05-11 03:14 PM |
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The whole idea is to disenfranchise blacks. Seems like it's working. |
FLAprogressive |
Oct-05-11 03:18 PM |
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proof republicans are Anti-Democratic elitist suck-ups |
fascisthunter |
Oct-05-11 03:48 PM |
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Republican bastards |
dpbrown |
Oct-05-11 04:04 PM |
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Without clicking to look at a photo... |
rucky |
Oct-05-11 06:52 PM |
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All state voting laws |
sulphurdunn |
Oct-05-11 06:52 PM |
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Same thing happened to my mom when she was 81 |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-05-11 07:01 PM |
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Several years ago I took my mom to get a state ID card |
dflprincess |
Oct-05-11 09:32 PM |
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NOW is the time to organize - the rules have to spread out to everyone who |
peacetalksforall |
Oct-06-11 08:56 AM |
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My wife's having the same problem. |
Igel |
Oct-06-11 10:37 AM |
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